An Attacker Performed a MITM Attack Against a Mobile Application

question 56

Multiple Choice

An attacker performed a MITM attack against a mobile application. The attacker is attempting to manipulate the application's network traffic via a proxy tool. The attacker only sees limited traffic as cleartext. The application log files indicate secure SSL/TLS connections are failing. Which of the following is MOST likely preventing proxying of all traffic?

• A) Misconfigured routes
• B) Certificate pinning
• C) Strong cipher suites
• D) Closed ports

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