Assessment of website security by penetration testing using Wireshark

Evolving technology has created an inevitable threat of expose of data that is shared online. Wireshark tool enables the ethical hacker to reveal the flaws in the system security at the user authentication level. This approach of identifying vulnerabilities is deemed fit as the strategy involved in this testing is rapid and provides good success in identifying vulnerabilities. The usage of Wireshark also ensures that the procedure followed is up to the required standards. This paper discussed about the need to utilize penetration testing, the benefits of using Wireshark for the same and goes on to illustrate one method of using the tool to perform penetration testing. Most areas of a network are highly susceptible to security attacks by adversaries. This paper focuses on solving the aforementioned issue by surveying various tools available for penetration testing. This also provides a sample of basic penetration testing using Wireshark.