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NULL Scan


Hunting

Statistics → Conversations → IPv4
Statistics → Endpoints → IPv4
Statistics → Protocol Hierarchy
Statistics → IO Graph


Goal

  • Attacker sends TCP packet with NO flags set.
  • Open port → no response
  • Closed port → RST

Filters

# Detect no flags
tcp.flags == 0

# More explicit
tcp.flags.syn == 0 &&
tcp.flags.ack == 0 &&
tcp.flags.fin == 0 &&
tcp.flags.reset == 0 &&
tcp.flags.push == 0 &&
tcp.flags.urg == 0