Traffic sniffing in wireless communication, using Kali Linux and Wireshark

Mihai Alexandru Găină; Mădălin Popescu; Robert-Alexandru Dobre; Dragoş-Nicolae Vizireanu

doi:10.1117/12.2643055

2 March 2023 Traffic sniffing in wireless communication, using Kali Linux and Wireshark

Mihai Alexandru Găină, Mădălin Popescu, Robert-Alexandru Dobre, Dragoş-Nicolae Vizireanu

Proceedings Volume 12493, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies XI; 124932S (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2643055
Event: Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies 2022, 2022, Constanta, Romania

Abstract

In this paper we propose a practical approach on how an attacker, commonly named “Data interception” technology can sniff your data traffic when you browse the Internet over a Wireless Connection and use it in their favor in order to obtain a pattern of your preferences, steal your personal data and create your online profile, exploiting some of the most popular internet protocols, such as TCP/IP, HTTP, IMAP or other important protocols. Using a network adapter in active mode in Kali Linux, we managed to sniff the traffic sent and received through a target Access Point (AP), inspect the individual packets in WireShark and create a personal profile of the owner of each device connected, obtaining data about the online applications that they are using, such as WhatsApp, e-mail clients, or data about their identity.

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Mihai Alexandru Găină, Mădălin Popescu, Robert-Alexandru Dobre, and Dragoş-Nicolae Vizireanu "Traffic sniffing in wireless communication, using Kali Linux and Wireshark", Proc. SPIE 12493, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies XI, 124932S (2 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2643055

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