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A Standalone Project: Build a Network Packet Sniffer to Detect Vulnerabilities or Attacks

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Duration: 15m Skill level: Beginner Released: 6/24/2025

Course details

Cybersecurity professionals monitor network traffic for signs of malicious activities or data breaches. This project involves building a simple network packet sniffer to capture and analyze network traffic to help you understand how network traffic can be intercepted and analyzed to detect potential vulnerabilities or attacks. The project is designed to be completed in approximately 8 hours.

This project was created by SkillUp Online. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

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