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312-50V13 · Question #528

During a red team engagement, an ethical hacker is tasked with testing the security measures of an organization's wireless network. The hacker needs to select an appropriate tool to carry out a…

The correct answer is D. bettercap. Explanation Bettercap is the correct choice because it is a comprehensive, cross-platform network attack and monitoring framework capable of performing session hijacking on WPA-PSK protected networks through techniques like ARP spoofing, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, and…

Submitted by deeparc· Mar 6, 2026Session Hijacking

Question

During a red team engagement, an ethical hacker is tasked with testing the security measures of an organization's wireless network. The hacker needs to select an appropriate tool to carry out a session hijacking attack. Which of the following tools should the hacker use to effectively perform session hijacking and subsequent security analysis, given that the target wireless network has the Wi-Fi Protected Access-preshared key (WPA-PSK) security protocol in place?

Options

  • AFaceNiff
  • BHetty
  • CDroidsheep
  • Dbettercap

How the community answered

(67 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    16% (11)
  • C
    9% (6)
  • D
    72% (48)

Explanation

Explanation

Bettercap is the correct choice because it is a comprehensive, cross-platform network attack and monitoring framework capable of performing session hijacking on WPA-PSK protected networks through techniques like ARP spoofing, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, and traffic interception, making it suitable for professional red team engagements requiring both attack execution and subsequent security analysis.

Why the distractors are wrong:

  • FaceNiff (A) is an Android-based tool designed for session hijacking on Wi-Fi networks, but it is limited to older, simpler security protocols and lacks the robust capabilities needed against WPA-PSK in a professional context.
  • Hetty (B) is an HTTP toolkit primarily designed for web security research and proxy-based traffic interception - it is not designed for wireless session hijacking.
  • Droidsheep (C) is another Android tool for session hijacking over Wi-Fi, but like FaceNiff, it is limited in scope, outdated, and not effective against WPA-PSK networks in a red team scenario.

Memory Tip: Think "Better cap(ture) everything" - bettercap is the better, all-in-one professional tool for network interception, making it the go-to choice whenever a question mentions a full-featured, protocol-aware red team wireless attack.

Topics

#Session Hijacking#Wireless Network Hacking#Hacking Tools#WPA-PSK

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