A masterpiece of malicious compliance. A single, looping GIF embedded in the dead silence of a forgotten print server’s keep-alive packets. Every night, it played its little puppet show. Every night, the network stuttered, a silent scream from the ghost of an engineer who had been right.

Wireshark is a powerful network protocol analyzer that can be used to capture and analyze network traffic. In this write-up, we will explore how to use Wireshark to analyze GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) images. We will cover the basics of GIF images, how to capture and analyze GIF traffic, and provide a step-by-step guide on using Wireshark to dissect a GIF image.