Collaborate Disseminate
My friend connected to WIFI and after 5 minutes he told me which sites I had actually been browsing, and who I chat with.
My question is: how do I defend myself against this, and also how did he do this?
Continue reading How to know what others browse through the network?
I detected that my rooted Android tablet had a slow connection. Trying to find what is taking the bandwith, I installed a firewall (DroidWall) and I blocked all the applications thinking that one of them was doing it.
The w… Continue reading WLCTL protocol detected by sniffer in an Android tablet
I detected that my rooted Android tablet had a slow connection. Trying to find what is taking the bandwith, I installed a firewall (DroidWall) and I blocked all the applications thinking that one of them was doing it.
The w… Continue reading WLCTL protocol detected by sniffer in an Android tablet
Can anyone with access to root CA private key decrypt HTTPS traffic of sites using certificate signed by that CA ?
and if yes do he need to be man-in-the-middle or just monitoring traffic is sufficient?
Continue reading Can anyone with access to root CA private key decrypt HTTPS traffic?
Could somebody please explain to me the differences between the following attacks?
sniffing
snooping
spoofing
My professors used them all in his documents, but I’m not sure, if those are 3 different attacks or just synonyms.
I am learning system security in an online course. In a practical experiment I tried to monitor the traffic through my router using wireshark1.10.3. But I have a feeling that it only sensing traffic from my windows laptop to the router, bu… Continue reading Do I need to have Airpcap?
I recently learned a bit more about DNS cache poisoning, and my understanding of the basic way it works is by editing the DNS cache so that when the victim types in, say, www.google.com they get the attacker’s IP instead of g… Continue reading DNS Cache Poisoning as a Foil to SSL
In a large network if there is an Ethernet port in the wall, is it possible to tell if a switch or wireless adapter is plugged into it? (I’m talking about the cheap home routers – with the built in switch). In other words wou… Continue reading Can anyone tell if a wireless router is plugged into an Ethernet port (without actually seeing it)
In Wireless Networks, you can put your wireless card in Promiscuous or in Monitor Mode.
What is the difference between these two modes ?
Continue reading What is the difference between Promiscuous and Monitor Mode in Wireless Networks?
I work in a environment where packet sniffing can be easily done . I was worried about my confidential data . Please suggest how is it done and precaution which i can take at client level.