What Are Sniffing Attacks, and How Can You Protect Yourself? 

June 12, 2022| Ethical HackingThe technique of capturing all data packets traveling through a network using a software application or hardware device is known as network sniffing (Mitchell, 2021). Ethical hackers can use sniffing to gain tremendous insights into the workings of a network and the behavior of its users, which can be used to improve an organization’s cybersecurity.However, when employed by malicious hackers, sniffing can be used to launch devastating attacks against unsuspecting targets. This article will look at what sniffing is, how it can be used for harm, and how sniffing attacks can be prevented.What Is Sniffing?In its simplest form, sniffing is the act of intercepting and monitoring traffic on a network. This can be done using software that captures all data packets passing through a given network interface or by using hardware devices explicitly designed for this purpose.What Are Sniffing Attacks?A sniffing attack occurs when an attacker uses a packet sniffer to in...