Question

“When an attacker is able to eavesdrop on network traffic and identify the MAC address of a computer with network previleges.” Which type of Wireless network threat would you classify this under?

(a) Identity Theft.

(b) Man in the middle attack

(c) Network Injection

(d) Accidental Association

I had been asked this question in unit test.

Origin of the question is Wireless Security topic in chapter Wireless Network Security and Network Security Overview of Cryptograph & Network Security

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) Identity Theft.

To explain I would say: This threat falls under Identity Theft.