Leo noticed that attackers have breached his wireless network. They seem to have used a brute-force attack on the WiFi protected setup PIN to exploit the WAP and recover the WPA2 password. What type of attack is this?

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Hudson Hanna

25 February, 23:30

Leo noticed that attackers have breached his wireless network. They seem to have used a brute-force attack on the WiFi protected setup PIN to exploit the WAP and recover the WPA2 password. What type of attack is this?

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Mario Lutz · Answer 1

It is called a WPS brutal force attack.

Explanation:

Wired and wireless networks are both susceptible to attacks. The wired network, the advantage as a cable connection, is more secure than wireless networks, but wireless network also have security measures like the wifi protected set up (WPS).

WPS is used to connect to a network without passphrase, but with a key combination or a PIN.

Brutal force attacks are used on WPS to forcefully generate the PIN, using a third party software.