Exam 312-50v12 topic 1 question 122 discussion

D. Piggybacking, which is an unauthorized access to a wireless network where an attacker gains access to the network by connecting to a legitimate user's wireless network without permission. In this scenario, Alice and John were able to access Jane's wireless network without a password, indicating that they piggybacked on her network without her permission. Although Jane has a long and complex password on her router, her guests were still able to access her network without authorization. Wardriving is the act of driving around with a wireless-enabled device looking for wireless access points, wireless sniffing is the practice of intercepting and analyzing wireless network traffic, and Evil twin is a type of wireless network attack where an attacker creates a fake access point that impersonates a legitimate wireless network in order to capture sensitive information.

Don't listen to eli117. In official study guide term of piggybacking is associated with social engineering and is related to entering the building with the consent of the authorized person. The correct answer here is C - evil twin.

D. In this case, Alice and John connect to Jane's legitimate network, not a fake one. Hence, C could not be a good candidate for answer

C. Evil twin

Alice and John are not attackers, they are victims of an Evil Twin attack, not the perpetrator of a Piggyback attack.

The answer is D. Piggybacking.

C. Evil twin

C. Evil twin

C. Evil twin Like V11 Q146 CEH Book V12 Module 16 Page 2484 from book : An evil twin is a wireless AP that pretends to be a legitimate AP by imitating its SSID.

C. Evil twin