Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) — Question 22

Bobby, an attacker, targeted a user and decided to hijack and intercept all their wireless communications. He installed a fake communication tower between two authentic endpoints to mislead the victim. Bobby used this virtual tower to interrupt the data transmission between the user and real tower, attempting to hijack an active session. Upon receiving the user’s request, Bobby manipulated the traffic with the virtual tower and redirected the victim to a malicious website.
What is the attack performed by Bobby in the above scenario?

Answer options

• A. aLTEr attack
• B. Jamming signal attack
• C. Wardriving
• D. KRACK attack

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, aLTEr attack, because Bobby is using a fake communication tower to intercept and manipulate the wireless communication between the user and the legitimate tower. The other options do not accurately describe this scenario; for instance, Jamming signal attack involves disrupting signals rather than intercepting them, Wardriving is about locating wireless networks, and KRACK attack specifically targets vulnerabilities in the WPA2 protocol.