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312-50V11 · Question #831

Bobby, an attacker, targeted a user and decided to hijack and intercept all their wireless communications. He installed a fake communication tower between two authentic endpoints to mislead the victim

The correct answer is D. aLTEr attack. The aLTEr attack uses a rogue LTE base station as a man-in-the-middle to intercept, manipulate, and redirect victim wireless traffic to malicious destinations.

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Question

Bobby, an attacker, targeted a user and decided to hijack and intercept all their wireless communications. He installed a fake communication tower between two authentic endpoints to mislead the victim. Bobby used this virtual tower to interrupt the data transmission between the user and real tower, attempting to hijack an active session, upon receiving the users request. Bobby manipulated the traffic with the virtual tower and redirected the victim to a malicious website. What is the attack performed by Bobby in the above scenario?

Options

  • AWardriving
  • BKRACK attack
  • Cjamming signal attack
  • DaLTEr attack

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  • A
    11% (3)
  • B
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  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    82% (23)

Why each option

The aLTEr attack uses a rogue LTE base station as a man-in-the-middle to intercept, manipulate, and redirect victim wireless traffic to malicious destinations.

AWardriving

Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi networks from a moving vehicle; it does not involve impersonating towers or hijacking active sessions.

BKRACK attack

KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attack) targets the WPA2 four-way handshake to decrypt Wi-Fi traffic, but does not involve deploying a fake cell tower or redirecting victims via DNS manipulation.

Cjamming signal attack

A jamming signal attack disrupts or blocks wireless communications entirely but does not intercept, manipulate, or redirect traffic.

DaLTEr attackCorrect

The aLTEr attack exploits the LTE data link layer by deploying a fake cell tower between the victim and the legitimate network tower, acting as a man-in-the-middle. The attacker intercepts the victim's active session and can manipulate DNS responses to redirect the user to a malicious website. This matches the scenario exactly - a virtual tower intercepting communications and redirecting the victim.

Concept tested: aLTEr LTE man-in-the-middle attack

Source: https://alter-attack.net

Topics

#aLTEr attack#LTE security#rogue base station#man-in-the-middle

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