You have learned and practiced using the packet sniffing tool Wireshark in sever

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You have learned and practiced using the packet sniffing tool Wireshark in several lab sessions. Based on your understanding of the tool and the network protocols covered in both the theory class and lab sessions, identify with technical explanations TWO CASES where such tool could be used in an UNETHICAL and/or UNPROFESSIONAL way. Your explanations should include the UNDERLYING VULNERABILITIES that could lead to such exploitations. (75-100 words each case) Implement ONLY ONE of the cases you provided in A. Document your answer with proper screen shots and Explanations whenever necessary.

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Cases where Wireshark can be used unethically or unprofessionally:

1. The parameter to the domain name can be changed in a way that the attacker wants to. Then, he has the full access of the packets going in and coming out of a particular domain. So, we can add an extra entry in the domain map of a website. Every time a packet goes to google (for example), it will have to be passed through that extra entry too.

2. It can also be used to save login credentials of a user. So, we can login to his account and do some mischievous stuff.

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