November 2019
Beginner
550 pages
13h 14m
English
Detecting and mitigating a network sniffer can be a bit challenging. A network sniffer is almost undetectable on a network as it passively listens for incoming network traffic. Using secure protocols such as HTTPS, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), and Secure Shell (SSH) will prevent a sniffer from seeing the original messages that were sent between devices.
In addition, you can use Nmap to discover sniffers on a corporate network. To do that, use the following command:
nmap -sV --script=sniffer-detect <target>
Ensure that you scan your entire subnet and any other networks owned by your organization. Furthermore, IT professionals occasionally perform a physical network sweep on a corporate network to discover ...
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