CompTIA
PT0-002 · Question #225
A penetration tester is assessing a wireless network. Although monitoring the correct channel and SSID, the tester is unable to capture a handshake between the clients and the AP. Which of the…
The correct answer is B. Deauthentication. Capturing handshakes is often part of a deauthentication attack. If you can capture handshakes, you can then attempt to crack the passphrase and derive keys from that effort.
Attacks and Exploits
Question
A penetration tester is assessing a wireless network. Although monitoring the correct channel and SSID, the tester is unable to capture a handshake between the clients and the AP. Which of the following attacks is the MOST effective to allow the penetration tester to capture a handshake?
Options
- AKey reinstallation
- BDeauthentication
- CEvil twin
- DReplay
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A6% (2)
- B78% (25)
- C13% (4)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
Capturing handshakes is often part of a deauthentication attack. If you can capture handshakes, you can then attempt to crack the passphrase and derive keys from that effort.
Topics
#Wireless penetration testing#Deauthentication attack#WPA/WPA2 Handshake#Network attacks
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