
In order to transport data within a network, it gets grouped into units known as data packets. Wireshark plays a major role in every IT professional's toolkit, but that doesn’t mean only certified IT professionals get to use it to secure and understand networks. Using it, they could access the contents of suspected transactions in order catch criminal and malicious activity. It also gives cybersecurity professionals and cybercrime forensic investigators the ability to trace network connections.

Wireshark can be used to troubleshoot networks with connection and performance issues.

Wireshark was first developed in 1998 and known under the name Ethereal-its name changed to Wireshark in 2006, almost 10 years after.
