Question

Barry discovers that an attacker is running an access point in a building adjacent to his company. The access point is broadcasting the security set identifier (SSID) of an open network owned by the coffee shop in his lobby. Which type of attack is likely taking place?a) Evil twinb) Wardrivingc) Bluesnarfingd) Replay attack

Answer 1

Answer: Option (A) is correct

Explanation:

Evil twin is known as a fraudulent point of access in a Wi-Fi which tends to  appear to be honest and legitimate but is known as a set up to oversee on the wireless communications. Evil twin is referred to as the WLAN equal of a phishing scam.  This kind of attack is mostly used in order to steal passwords of an unsuspecting users, that is done either by by phishing or by monitoring the connection, this mostly involves developing a fake web site and thus luring people.