A company's Chief Executive Officer has created a secondary home office and is concerned that the WiFi service being used is vulnerable to an attack. A penetration tester is hired to test the…

The correct answer is A. WPS. The problem with WPS is that the WPS - enabled router is vulnerable to having the WPS cracked due to the fact that the pin was originally designed as two 4-pin blocks. It is much quicker to crack two 4-pin blocks than it is one 8-pin block. It has been found that hackers can…

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Question

A company’s Chief Executive Officer has created a secondary home office and is concerned that the WiFi service being used is vulnerable to an attack. A penetration tester is hired to test the security of the WiFi’s router. Which of the following is MOST vulnerable to a brute-force attack?

Options

AWPS
BWPA2-EAP
CWPA-TKIP
DWPA2-PSK

How the community answered

(40 responses)

A
93% (37)
B
3% (1)
C
5% (2)

Explanation

The problem with WPS is that the WPS - enabled router is vulnerable to having the WPS cracked due to the fact that the pin was originally designed as two 4-pin blocks. It is much quicker to crack two 4-pin blocks than it is one 8-pin block. It has been found that hackers can brute force each of the two 4-digit blocks within hours and then use the PIN to connect to the WPA or WPA2 protected network.

Topics

#Wireless Security#WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)#Brute-force Attacks#Vulnerability Assessment

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