---
id: 8058
title: "Introduction to Hacking Thick Clients: Part 2 – The Network"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/thick-application-pentesting/introduction-to-hacking-thick-clients-part-2-the-network/"
published_at: "2020-05-14T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["pentest", "thick-client", "wireshark", "network", "traffic-analysis"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8058"
lang: en
---

# Introduction to Hacking Thick Clients: Part 2 – The Network

## Summary

Explains two-tier and three-tier thick client architectures, then uses Wireshark to identify unencrypted database connections and cleartext sensitive data in a vulnerable test application.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/thick-application-pentesting/introduction-to-hacking-thick-clients-part-2-the-network/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8058