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A war dialer is a tool that is used to scan thousands of telephone numbers to detect vulnerable modems. It provides an attacker unauthorized access to a computer. Which of the following tools can an…

The correct answer is A. THC-Scan C. ToneLoc. THC-Scan and ToneLoc are dedicated war dialing utilities that automate scanning telephone number ranges to discover active modems; NetStumbler and Wingate address entirely different attack surfaces.

Penetration Testing Foundations & Reconnaissance

Question

A war dialer is a tool that is used to scan thousands of telephone numbers to detect vulnerable modems. It provides an attacker unauthorized access to a computer. Which of the following tools can an attacker use to perform war dialing? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Options

  • ATHC-Scan
  • BNetStumbler
  • CToneLoc
  • DWingate

How the community answered

(20 responses)
  • A
    80% (16)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • D
    15% (3)

Why each option

THC-Scan and ToneLoc are dedicated war dialing utilities that automate scanning telephone number ranges to discover active modems; NetStumbler and Wingate address entirely different attack surfaces.

ATHC-ScanCorrect

THC-Scan is a war dialing tool developed by The Hacker's Choice that automates scanning large ranges of telephone numbers to identify modems, fax machines, and other answering systems. It logs and categorizes responses, giving attackers a structured map of potential dial-up access points that could provide unauthorized network entry.

BNetStumbler

NetStumbler is a wireless network (802.11 Wi-Fi) discovery and auditing tool that passively detects nearby access points over radio frequency - it has no capability to dial telephone numbers or detect modems.

CToneLocCorrect

ToneLoc is one of the original and most widely known war dialing utilities, designed to systematically dial telephone numbers and record which lines respond with modem carrier tones. It can identify PBX systems, dial-up modems, and voice-response systems, producing a list of targets for further exploitation.

DWingate

Wingate is a proxy server and internet connection sharing application used to route network traffic, not a tool for scanning telephone number ranges or performing war dialing operations.

Concept tested: War dialing tools for telephone modem discovery

Topics

#war dialing#modem scanning#THC-Scan#ToneLoc

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