How Hackers Use Sniffers

As previously mentioned, sniffers like this are used every day to troubleshoot faulty equipment and monitor network traffic. Hackers can use this or similar tools to peer inside a network. However, they are not out to troubleshoot. Instead, they are out to glean passwords and other gems. Depending...

Chatty Technicians

If you are a home user and think you have nothing to fear from this type of impersonation, think again-you are actually targeted more often by scammers and hackers alike. This is because many Internet newcomers (newbies) will believe anything someone appearing to be their ISP's tech support personnel...