Wireshark 5.0 is the preferred choice for detailed network protocol analysis and troubleshooting due to its deep packet inspection capabilities and extensive customization options. Microsoft Defender XDR is better suited for businesses needing comprehensive, scalable threat protection with seamless integration into the Microsoft ecosystem, offering high threat detection accuracy and user-friendly incident management.
| Attribute | Wireshark 5.0 | Microsoft Defender XDR |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Wireshark 5.0 | Microsoft Defender XDR |
| Description | A network protocol analyzer used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. It captures and interactively browses network traffic, providing deep inspection of numerous protocols. | A comprehensive suite for business protection against cyberthreats, working both before and after an attack. It integrates tools to defend across endpoints, identities, email, applications, networks, and cloud environments. |
| Network Traffic Analysis | Captures live data from various networks, offers real-time capabilities to view and scrutinize network packets, and supports a wide range of network protocols. | Filters suspicious network events, identifies vulnerable points, and offers real-time visibility across cloud infrastructure with native integrations into Azure and Microsoft 365. |
| Threat Detection | Can detect various attacks, such as SYN flood attacks, and function as an intrusion detection system (IDS). | Achieved an Overall Detection Accuracy score of 95.45% in a SecureIQLab evaluation, uses AI and machine learning to detect advanced threats and reduce irrelevant alerts, and correlates signals from multiple threat vectors. |
| Real-time Monitoring | Offers real-time capabilities, allowing users to view and scrutinize network packets as they traverse the network. | Offers continuous monitoring and incident response across endpoints, identities, and applications, provides real-time visibility across cloud infrastructure, identifying abnormal activities. |
| Integration with Other Security Tools | Integrates with tools like Snort and Zeek for advanced security analysis. | Natively integrates with other Microsoft security products, supports integration with SIEM tools like Splunk, ArcSight, Elastic Security, and IBM Security QRadar SIEM, and integrates with third-party threat intelligence platforms like ThreatConnect. |
| Reporting and Visualization | Offers statistical and graphical tools, including hierarchical statistics, flow graphs, and conversation statistics. Data can be exported in various formats like XML, plain text, and CSV. | Offers built-in reports in the Microsoft Defender portal, can use Microsoft Sentinel workbooks with prebuilt templates, supports the use of Power BI, and provides customizable dashboards and detailed reports. |
| Ease of Use and Configuration | Has a graphical user interface (GUI) and provides filtering options. Users can customize the interface layout, columns, and coloring rules. Profiles can be created for specific tasks, and Lua scripts can be used to automate tasks. | Designed to be intuitive, offers a centralized dashboard for managing incidents, and seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365, simplifying initial implementation. |
| Scalability | Scalability challenges in large enterprise networks due to the high volume of data. | Offers scalable adaptability for large enterprises, leveraging flexible cloud infrastructure and licensing, and cloud-native architecture ensures scalability. |
| Protocol Support | Supports a wide range of network protocols and can decode and analyze them, providing detailed information about each packet and its protocol fields. | Parses network traffic and obtains Active Directory entities and Windows events directly from domain controllers, supports various protocols, focusing on those relevant to threat detection and security monitoring. |
| Signature Database Updates | Information on signature database updates for Wireshark 5.0 was not found. | Evolves continuously with the increase in zero-day attacks and advanced persistent threats, complements traditional antivirus capabilities with behavior monitoring and heuristics. |
| Customization Options | Allows extensive customization, including layout, profiles, columns, coloring rules, and Lua scripting. | Allows configuration of attack surface reduction rules, setup of specific automations, and importing of compromise indicators, offers customizable workflows, and supports custom detection rules using advanced hunting queries. |
| Community Support and Documentation | Strong community support, with extensive documentation, a Q&A site, and mailing lists. | Leverages Microsoft's threat intelligence and security expertise, offers various setup guides and resources for planning and deploying security controls, and benefits from Microsoft's official support and documentation. |
| Cost and Licensing Model | Free and open-source software, distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). | Native integration with the Microsoft environment helps contain costs and improve operational efficiency, more cost-effective than integrating third-party solutions into an existing Microsoft 365 infrastructure, available through various Microsoft 365 and Windows licenses. Price not available. |
| Ratings | Not available | Overall Detection Accuracy score of 95.45% in a SecureIQLab evaluation |