WireShark 1.2.8 released
Friday 7 May 2010 - 1302 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , WireShark - Ethereal )

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2

Suricata v0.8.1 released
Monday 12 April 2010 - 800 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , IDS , Suricata )

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field.

CSniffer Command Line Network Sniffer v1.0.0.3 released
Friday 9 April 2010 - 1520 read - ( Keywords : CSniffer , Data Sniffer , Information Gathering )

This tool acts much like a standard Ethernet network sniffer. However, unlike a traditional packet sniffer it doesn’t attempt to capture and decode all traffic but instead is geared toward discovering useful infrastructure and security-related data from the network, often from traffic not sent to or from the host system i.e. general broadcast network traffic. This data can reveal all manner of useful information, ranging from live systems on the network, hostnames, Ipv6 systems, routers and name servers, user names and passwords.

TCPDump v4.1.1 and LIBPCap v1.1.1 released
Wednesday 7 April 2010 - 560 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , Libpcap , Tcpdump )

tcpdump is a common computer network debugging tool that runs under the command line. It allows the user to intercept and display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached.

WireShark 1.2.7 released
Thursday 1 April 2010 - 569 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , WireShark - Ethereal )

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2

Sniff-n-Spit v1.0 - intercepting communications
Saturday 13 March 2010 - 2063 read - ( Keywords : Connectivity , Data Sniffer , Sniff-n-Spit )

During Penetration testing it can be seen that thick-clients sometimes communicate with a server whose IP address is hardcoded in to it.The HTTP communication between such client and server is harder to intercept and test. Sniff-n-Snip is a very useful utility in such scenarios. It sniffs for HTTP packets from the client to server and forwards them to your favorite proxy (Burp, WebScarab, Paros etc).

Airtun-ng available with AirCrack-ng package
Sunday 7 March 2010 - 1132 read - ( Keywords : AirCrack-ng , Data Sniffer , Wireless )

Airtun-ng is a virtual tunnel interface creator. There are two basic functions:
 Allow all encrypted traffic to be monitored for wireless Intrusion Detection System (wIDS) purposes.
 Inject arbitrary traffic into a network.

NetReconn v1.76 released
Friday 12 February 2010 - 645 read - ( Keywords : Attack , Connectivity , Data Sniffer , NetReconn )

A small set of tools based on previous reference programs and scripts. Currently consists of: tiny network strobe, sniffer and payload decoder.

WireShark v1.2.6 released
Thursday 28 January 2010 - 474 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , WireShark - Ethereal )

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2

NetReconn v1.75 released
Tuesday 19 January 2010 - 793 read - ( Keywords : Attack , Connectivity , Data Sniffer , NetReconn )

A small set of tools based on previous reference programs and scripts. Currently consists of: tiny network strobe, sniffer and payload decoder.

Suricata Next Generation IDS release 0.8.0 available
Thursday 14 January 2010 - 1236 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , IDS , Suricata )

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field.

Kismet-2010-01-R1 available
Thursday 14 January 2010 - 1265 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , Kismet , Wireless )

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic.

Wireshark v1.2.5 released
Friday 18 December 2009 - 658 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , WireShark - Ethereal )

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2

Kismet v2009-11-R1 released
Friday 4 December 2009 - 672 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , Kismet , Wireless )

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic.

UCSniff v3.0 Released
Tuesday 3 November 2009 - 1658 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , Penetration testing & Ethical Hacking , UCsniff , VoIP )

UCSniff is a VoIP & IP Video Security Assessment tool that integrates existing open source software into several useful features, allowing VoIP and IP Video owners and security professionals to rapidly test for the threat of unauthorized VoIP and Video Eavesdropping. Written in C/C++, and available on Linux and Windows, the software is free and available for anyone to download, under the GPLv3 license.

Wireshark v1.2.3, v1.0.10, and v1.3.1 Released
Wednesday 28 October 2009 - 617 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , WireShark - Ethereal )

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2

NetReconn v1.72 - released
Tuesday 27 October 2009 - 990 read - ( Keywords : Attack , Connectivity , Data Sniffer , NetReconn )

A small set of tools based on previous reference programs and scripts. Currently consists of: tiny network strobe, sniffer and payload decoder.

Charles Web Debugging Proxy updated to v3.4
Saturday 10 October 2009 - 2696 read - ( Keywords : Application Scanner , Charles Proxy , Data Sniffer , Information Gathering )

Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

Wireshark 1.2.2, 1.0.9, and 1.3.0 Released
Wednesday 16 September 2009 - 940 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , WireShark - Ethereal )

Wireshark® is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2

HttpWatch v6.1.48 - HTTP viewer and debugger
Thursday 27 August 2009 - 800 read - ( Keywords : Data Sniffer , HttpWatch )

HttpWatch is an HTTP viewer and debugger that integrates with IE and Firefox to provide seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without leaving the browser window.

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