312-50V11 · Question #978
A group of hackers were roaming around a bank office building in a city, driving a luxury car. They were using hacking tools on their laptop with the intention to find a free-access wireless…
The correct answer is D. Wardriving Wireless sniffing. Wardriving is the practice of searching for wireless networks from a moving vehicle using a laptop or wireless device, which precisely describes the scenario presented.
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- Athis hacking process known as?
- BGPS mapping
- CSpectrum analysis
- DWardriving Wireless sniffing
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(62 responses)- A3% (2)
- B2% (1)
- C6% (4)
- D89% (55)
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Wardriving is the practice of searching for wireless networks from a moving vehicle using a laptop or wireless device, which precisely describes the scenario presented.
This choice appears to be a formatting artifact from the question stem and does not represent a valid attack technique or answer option.
GPS mapping refers to recording geographic coordinates of discovered networks and is a supplementary activity sometimes combined with wardriving, but it is not the name of the core scanning process described.
Spectrum analysis is a radio frequency technique used to measure signal strength and interference across a frequency range, not a targeted wireless network discovery hacking method.
Wardriving involves moving in a vehicle while using wireless networking equipment to detect and map Wi-Fi networks, often targeting unsecured or open-access access points. The scenario explicitly describes attackers driving in a car with hacking tools on a laptop seeking free-access wireless networks, which is the defining characteristic of wardriving. This technique is used to identify vulnerable wireless access points for later exploitation.
Concept tested: Wardriving wireless network discovery technique
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