When reviewing packet captures (pcaps) of suspicious activity, security professionals may need to export objects from the pcaps for a closer examination.This tutorial offers tips on how to export different types of objects from a pcap. The instructions assume you understand network traffic fundamentals. We will use these pcaps of network traffic to practice extracting objects using Wireshark. The instructions also assume you have customized your Wireshark column display as previously demonstrated in this tutorial.
When a host is infected or otherwise compromised, security professionals need to quickly review packet captures of suspicious network traffic to identify affected hosts and users. This tutorial offers tips on how to gather pcap data using Wireshark, the widely used network protocol analysis tool.