Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Need filters
From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:06:07 -0400
From: "M K" <gedropi@xxxxxxxxx>

| Exactly.  Thanks.

| On 6/22/10, bart sikkes <b.sikkes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Thanx!

>>> I passed on your comment.  Maybe what I should do next is point him to
>>> this News group.

>> and what if the malware uses the port(s) you are going to exclude?
>> specially with malware i would be careful with what you call noise,
>> that noise can be used to hide the malware.


After examining much malware, you get a feel for what is noise (background MS OS 
communication) and the malware performing such tasks as; exfiltrtion of data, 
communicating to a C2, worms trying dictionary attacks, sending SQL Injecton packets, etc.


-- 
Dave
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