SAINTCON 2023 - Mike Spicer (d4rkm4tter) - PCAPinator

Discover Pcapinator, a powerful tool for processing and analyzing large PCAP files, featuring a live demo, graphity plotting, and real-world applications.

Key takeaways
  • Live demo of Pcapinator, a tool for processing and analyzing PCAP files at scale
  • Pcapinator uses graphity to plot large amounts of data and visualize handshakes and connections in a network
  • The tool is designed to process large amounts of PCAP files, including ones from Black Hat and Def Con conferences
  • It can also be used to crack Wi-Fi handshakes and passwords
  • Pcapinator can process 5 million records in under 30 minutes and can handle large amounts of data on a single storage device
  • The author has spent several years working on the tool and has used it to analyze data from various conferences
  • He has also worked as a senior security engineer at a pentest company called Security.com
  • He is a father, scientist, hacker, and tinkerer
  • He has a podcast and is always looking for new projects to work on
  • He has also worked on a project called Wi-Fi Cactus and has a YouTube channel
  • He has a book called “The PCAPinator: A Guide to Analyzing Network Traffic with PCAP Files”