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Cyber Education: List of Open-Source Packet Sniffers & Their Purposes 1. Arkime – https://arkime.com/ Captures, indexes, and stores full packet data for large-scale network traffic analysis. 2. Driftnet – https://github.com/deiv/driftnet Monitors network traffic and extracts images from unencrypted HTTP streams. 3. Ettercap – https://www.ettercap-project.org/ Supports sniffing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and real-time packet manipulation. 4. KisMAC – https://kismac-ng.org/ Wireless network discovery tool for Mac OS, useful for mapping Wi-Fi signals. 5. Kismet – https://www.kismetwireless.net/ Detects wireless networks, captures packets, and identifies non-beaconing devices. 6. Ngrep – http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/ Works like the Unix “grep” command but for network packets, filtering specific patterns. 7. Sniffglue – https://github.com/kpcyrd/sniffglue A simple, secure packet sniffer designed with a focus on safety and ease of use. 8. Sniffnet – https://www.sniffnet.net/ Monitors and analyzes network traffic visually in real-time. 9. Snort – https://www.snort.org/ Intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS/IPS) that analyzes network traffic for threats. 10. Suricata – https://suricata.io/ High-performance network IDS/IPS and security monitoring engine. 11. PCAPdroid – https://github.com/emanuele-f/PCAPdroid Android app that captures network traffic without root and exports it in PCAP format. 12. Tcpdump – https://www.tcpdump.org/ Command-line tool for capturing and analyzing packets on a network interface. 13. Ubertooth – https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/ubertooth Wireless development platform for Bluetooth packet sniffing. 14. Wireshark – https://www.wireshark.org/ Industry-standard network protocol analyzer with deep packet inspection. 15. Zeek – https://zeek.org/ Powerful network analysis framework that logs and analyzes network events. --- 🙏 Note: Copy-pasting without permission is prohibited. If you wish to share, at least include the mark: ©®Omegatech ©®Omegatech