Wireless Network Threats

Question 1

802.1x

Answer 1

The IEEE standard that defines port-based security for wireless network access control

Question 2

Bluejacking

Answer 2

The sending of unsolicited messages over a Bluetooth connection

Question 3

Bluesnarfing

Answer 3

The gaining of unauthorized access through a Bluetooth connection

Question 4

Disassociation

Answer 4

An attack where the intruder sends a frame to the AP with a spoofed address to make it look like it came from the victim and disconnects them from the network

Question 5

Evil twin

Answer 5

An attack where a rogue wireless access point poses as a legitimate wireless service provider to intercept information that users transmit

Question 6

Interference

Answer 6

The byproduct of electrical processes

i.e. static on the radio

Question 7

IV attack

Answer 7

An attack that involves looking at repeated results in order to crack the WEP secret key

Question 8

Jamming

Answer 8

Purposely obstructing or interfering with a signal

Question 9

Near field communication (NFC)

Answer 9

Technology that enables communication between devices when they’re “touched” together

Question 10

NFC

Answer 10

near field communication

Question 11

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Answer 11

A technology that uses electromagnetic coupling in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the spectrum to identify items uniquely

Question 12

RFID

Answer 12

radio frequency identification

Question 13

Replay attack

Answer 13

An attack that captures portions of a session to play back later to convince a host that it is still talking to the original connection

Question 14

Rogue access point

Answer 14

An unauthorized wireless access point on a network

Question 15

Service Set Identifier (SSID)

Answer 15

Used by the access point of a wireless LAN to identify itself; intended to be unique for a particular entity on a network

Question 16

SSID

Answer 16

Service Set Identifier

Question 17

Wi-Fi

Answer 17

A wireless network operating in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz range

Question 18

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)

Answer 18

An authentication process that requires the user to do something in order to complete the enrollment process.

Ex: pressing a button on the router within a short period of time

Question 19

WPS

Answer 19

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Question 20

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

Answer 20

A security protocol for 802.11b (wireless) networks that attempts to establish the same security as would be present in a wired network

Question 21

WEP

Answer 21

Wired Equivalent Protocol

Question 22

Wireless access point

Answer 22

A connection device user for clients in a radio frequency (RF) network