The Art of Packet Hunting: Detecting Attacks using Wireshark

Network traffic tells a story — attackers leave traces, and security professionals need to know how to find them. The Art of Packet Hunting is a practical, investigation-focused course designed to teach you how to analyze network traffic, identify suspicious behavior, and uncover attacks using Wireshark. Instead of learning Wireshark as just a packet analyzer, you will learn how security analysts use it as a threat hunting weapon inside real-world environments.

Throughout this course, you will explore: Threat hunting fundamentals and the mindset of a SOC analyst Wireshark workflow for security investigations Network traffic analysis and protocol investigation DNS hunting and identifying suspicious domain activity HTTP traffic analysis and malicious communication detection Malware communication and Command & Control (C2) detection Data exfiltration investigation through network traffic PCAP analysis techniques used in real security operationsYou will work with practical scenarios and packet captures to understand how attackers communicate, how malicious activity hides inside normal traffic, and how defenders uncover those hidden patterns. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Analyze PCAP files confidently Investigate suspicious network activity Identify malicious communication patterns Extract Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) Build a structured threat hunting workflow Think like a SOC analyst during real investigationsWhether you are starting your journey in Blue Team, SOC Operations, Incident Response, or Cyber Security, this course will help you build one of the most important defensive skills — the ability to turn raw network packets into actionable security intelligence. Because every attack leaves a trace.

The skill is learning how to find it.