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Yesterday’s network traffic analysis tools leave you vulnerable to new security threats. Is it time for an upgrade? Let’s find out. Network traffic analysis (NTA) is the practice of monitoring and ...

In a previous article, I wrote about/confessed what a mess my home/home lab networking was and discussed various tools I used to discover what devices were connected to my home network and where they ...

In this series of articles, I am looking at how to monitor my home/home lab LAN. In my first article, I probed my network to see what devices were on it and where they were located. In my next article ...

With the Windows 10 October 2018 update release, Microsoft had quietly added a built-in command-line network packet sniffer called Pktmon to Windows 10. Since then, Microsoft has added a few more ...

Network security monitoring software is essential because it enhances security by detecting threats in real time and ensures operational efficiency by minimizing downtime and optimizing performance.

In the world of digital networks, there exist tools that serve as silent watchers, capturing and deciphering the hidden language of data packets. These tools are known as packet sniffers. Packet ...

Distributed denial-of-service attacks have steadily increased over the last 18 months, despite being overshadowed by malware attacks and ransomware. Kaspersky Labs estimated 24% more DDoS attacks in ...

PktMon.exe or Packet Monitor is the new network sniffer or network diagnostic and packet monitoring tool. It is located in the Systems folder, which means you can invoke it from the Run or Command ...

The popular security utility Little Snitch, which monitors Mac network traffic for suspicious activity, has been updated to a much more modern interface, with a whole range of new features. Key among ...

In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don’t know what your ...