An apparatus and method for processing packets are disclosed. The apparatus for processing packets includes a session processing unit, a parallel processing unit, and a storage unit. The session processing unit divides a packet group, including a plurality of HTTP packets, into a plurality of session files, and then distributes the session files. The parallel processing unit generates metadata and extracts content from each of the distributed session files based on the plurality of session files. The storage unit stores the metadata generated by the parallel processing unit and the content extracted by the parallel processing unit.