Monday, 24 March 2014
Do you know what you are typing
when using internet is passing through the same network that someone else using! So, he can
easily hack your information using some kind of network sniffing software and
analyzer. Now doesn’t matter this is Wi-Fi or LAN.
Hack user
information by sniffing network is a very popular hacking technique since then.
Hackers call this technique ‘Man in Middle Attack’.
What you can get by sniffing a network?
Wi-Fi hotspot
password
Browser
saved password
Email
password
Browsing
session history
And data
uses information
Tools to
be used to sniff a network:
1. Cain
& Abel
2. Namp
How to
Start Sniffing a Network:
Step 1: First of all find your
won IP, Mac,
DNS info
etc from this direction: ctrl+r > cmd > ipconfig/all.
Step 2:
Install Cain & Able and open the program. Click start sniffer icon and
select your network adapter.
Step 3:
Click start sniffer icon to active sniffer and right click from anywhere in the
blank space then click Scan Mac Address. You have started getting IP and
Mac addresses from your network.
Step 4:
To select your targeted IP click Add button and select your gateway from left
and targeted IP from right.
Step 5: Now start poisoning your
targeted IP by clicking this following button. Once you start this tool you
should started getting your targeted computer data as some individual packets and every packets
will have some user data information. Packets would be likely 5-10 Mb
.
Step 6:
Install and open Wireshark Network Analyzer to break the packets and find the
information in plain text.
Note: In this process ‘Namp’ is an
optional tool. It will give you extra advantage if you use it to find Host
names or Mac address from a LAN.
Still
confused? Don’t worry. Let me know your problem and I’ll get back to you!
