ECSS: EC-Council Certified Security Specialist

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VerifiedInformation Security Threats and Attacks

One major internal threat involves a program that captures data from information packets as they move across a network. What is the process of reading packets being transmitted over a network called?

Explanation

Sniffing is the interception and inspection of network packets while they traverse a network, often using a packet-capture or protocol-analysis tool.

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