Identifying security software installed on a MacBook or other Apple computer is important to hackers and penetration testers needing to compromise a device on the network. With man-in-the-middle attacks, packets leaving the Mac will tell us a lot about what kind of antivirus and firewall software is installed. After gaining access to a Wi-Fi router, a hacker will perform a variety of network-based and reconnaissance attacks. Data traversing the network is viewable to anyone with the password without ever authenticating to the router. While that method is excellent for passive observations... more