CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-001) — Question 71

A malicious hacker wants to gather guest credentials on a hotel 802.11 network. Which of the following tools is the malicious hacker going to use to gain access to information found on the hotel network?

Answer options

• A. Nikto
• B. Aircrak-ng
• C. Nessus
• D. tcpdump

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Nikto is a web server scanner that can be used to identify vulnerabilities and gather information about credentials. Aircrack-ng is primarily focused on cracking WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption keys, while Nessus is a vulnerability scanner and tcpdump is a packet analyzer, neither of which are specifically designed for gathering credentials from a network.