Simulating a SYN Flood Attack in a Home Lab | hping3, PerfMon, Wireshark & Kali Linux
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to simulate a SYN flood attack safely inside a controlled home lab using Kali Linux and the powerful packet generation tool hping3. You’ll see exactly how to launch a flood of SYN packets at a target system, monitor the traffic in real-time with Wireshark, and measure the system’s response using built-in Performance Monitor tools.
What you’ll learn:
-Setting up a safe home lab environment for network attack simulation.
-Using hping3 to craft and launch a SYN flood attack.
-Capturing and analyzing malicious traffic with Wireshark.
-Monitoring CPU, memory, and network performance impacts during the attack.
Understanding the implications of SYN flood attacks on real-world systems.
Tools featured in this video:
-Kali Linux
-Windows 10
-hping3
-Wireshark
-Windows Performance Monitor
⚠ Disclaimer: This demonstration is for educational purposes only and should only be performed in an isolated, private lab environment. Never conduct network attacks on systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test.
Commands:
sudo hping3 -S -p 80 --flood --rand-source ip-address
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