A network technician arrives at a remote office and is unable to connect a laptop to corporate resources using the wireless network.
After checking the IP address, the network technician notices the assigned IP address does not belong to the corporate network IP scheme.
Which of the following has the network technician discovered?
A.
Evil twin B.
ARP poisoning C.
DHCP exhaustion D.
Social engineering.
A.
A network technician arrives at a remote office and is unable to connect a laptop to corporate resources using the wireless network.
After checking the IP address, the network technician notices the assigned IP address does not belong to the corporate network IP scheme.
Which of the following has the network technician discovered?
A.
Evil twin
B.
ARP poisoning
C.
DHCP exhaustion
D.
Social engineering.
A.
The network technician has discovered an "evil twin" attack.
Explanation:
An evil twin is a type of wireless network attack where an attacker sets up a rogue wireless access point with a similar name to the legitimate access point in order to trick users into connecting to it. Once connected, the attacker can intercept sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and other network traffic. In this case, the network technician has discovered that the laptop has connected to a rogue access point instead of the legitimate corporate wireless network.
ARP poisoning, on the other hand, is a type of attack where an attacker associates their MAC address with the IP address of another device on the network, in order to intercept traffic meant for that device. This type of attack is unrelated to the issue described in the question.
DHCP exhaustion is a situation where a DHCP server has run out of available IP addresses to assign to clients, resulting in clients being unable to obtain an IP address. This is also unrelated to the issue described in the question.
Social engineering is a type of attack where an attacker uses deception or manipulation to trick a user into divulging sensitive information or performing an action that they shouldn't. This is also unrelated to the issue described in the question.