A security analyst needs to perform an on-path attack on BLE smart devices. Which of the following tools would be BEST suited to accomplish this task?

The correct answer is B. Gattacker. Gattacker is a purpose-built tool for performing MITM (on-path) attacks against Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. It works by impersonating a legitimate BLE peripheral to a connecting central device, relaying and optionally modifying GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) traffic…

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AWireshark
BGattacker
Ctcpdump
DNetcat

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A
15% (9)
B
73% (44)
C
8% (5)
D
3% (2)

Explanation

Gattacker is a purpose-built tool for performing MITM (on-path) attacks against Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. It works by impersonating a legitimate BLE peripheral to a connecting central device, relaying and optionally modifying GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) traffic between the two. Wireshark can capture and analyze BLE packets passively but cannot perform active on-path attacks. tcpdump is a TCP/IP packet capture tool with no BLE support. Netcat is a general-purpose network utility for TCP/UDP connections and has no BLE functionality.

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#BLE security#on-path attack#MITM#Gattacker

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