Analysis Of Network Traffic For Identifying Vulnerabilities In Encrypted Smartphone Communications

Network traffic analysis is the process of recording, reviewing and analyzing network traffic for the purpose of performance, security and/or general network operations and management. It is the process of using manual and automated techniques to review granular-level detail and statistics within network traffic. Traffic analysis is a serious threat over the network. An attacker can analyze network traffic patterns to infer packet’s content, even though it is encrypted. This article demonstrates a traffic analysis attack that exploits vulnerabilities in encrypted smartphone communications to infer the web pages being visited by a user. ————————————————————