Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v13) — Question 68

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, which involves intercepting and manipulating wireless communications by using a fake tower. The other options are incorrect as a Jamming signal attack disrupts communications without interception, Wardriving refers to searching for unsecured wireless networks, and the KRACK attack targets vulnerabilities in the WPA2 protocol but does not involve a fake tower.