What is Sniffing?
Sniffing refers to intercepting and logging traffic flowing through a digital network. It allows capturing and viewing data in transit between devices. On a shared network like WiFi, sniffing tools can monitor communication between other devices. By sniffing plaintext traffic, one can extract passwords, messages, emails, and other sensitive information. Sniffing works by putting the network interface into promiscuous mode. This forces it to intercept all network packets, not just those addressed to the device. These packets can then be assembled and analyzed. Common sniffing tools include Wireshark, tcpdump, and applications like Xerosploit that automate sniffing attacks. However sniffing can violate privacy laws. Ethical authorization and usage are crucial.
Sniffing with Xerosploit – An Advanced MITM Framework
Xerosploit is an open-source framework that makes it easy to perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks on networks you have access to. The goal of an MITM attack is to get between two parties communicating and intercept or even alter their communications without them realizing it. The key advantage of Xerosploit is it automates many complex MITM attack techniques so even a beginner can sniff lots of sensitive information off a network. However, it is meant only for ethical, authorized testing, as MITM attacks capture private data and can violate wiretapping laws.
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