2. In a passive attack, the attacker intercepts the transmitted information with the intention of reading and analyzing the information, however, in this scenario the attacker does not modify the information. A passive attack is difficult to detect. Many time passive attack is initiated to launch an active attack. To protect against a passive attack encryption is usually put in place. Both passive and active attacks can also considered as the Man-in-the-Middle attack.
Espionage - A Linux Packet Sniffing Suite For Automated MiTM Attacks
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Espionage is a network packet sniffer that intercepts large amounts of data
being passed through an interface. The tool allows users to to run normal
and...
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