Security News

Up to three million kids' GPS watches can be tracked by parents... and any miscreant: Flaws spill pick-and-choose catalog for perverts
2018-11-15 21:43

Gadgets can be hacked to spy on, find youngsters – claim Parents could be unwittingly putting their children's safety and privacy at risk, thanks to security vulnerabilities in potentially...

Pentagon Bans Soldiers from Using GPS Apps and Devices
2018-08-07 16:24

This includes physical fitness aids, applications in phones that track locations, and other devices and apps that could pinpoint and track the location of individuals in active combat zones.

GangWang GPS Navigation Attack Leads Unsuspecting Drivers Astray
2018-07-19 17:47

In a stalking or random criminal scenario, the ability to guide someone to an out-of-the-way, isolated location could be a precursor to kidnapping or worse.

How to spoof someone’s GPS navigation to send them the wrong way
2018-07-17 15:25

Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that it’s possible to spoof turn-by-turn GPS road navigation to send users to specific wrong locations.

Sad Nav: How a cheap GPS spoofer gizmo can tell drivers to get lost
2018-07-16 20:25

Eggheads reveal designs for causing navigation mischief for folks unsure of surroundings Researchers have developed kit that masquerades as GPS satellites to deceive nearby GPS receivers and thus...

SIM card in bird’s GPS tracker used to rack up $2,700 phone bill
2018-07-06 11:03

Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill.

Football app tracks illegal broadcasts using your microphone and GPS
2018-06-15 13:30

La Liga is asking users for their consent to turn on the new, eavesdroppy-feeling function, but many users aren't exactly thrilled.

How to track smartphone users when they’ve turned off GPS
2018-02-07 21:44

As it turns out, turning off location services (e.g., GPS) on your smartphone doesn’t mean an attacker can’t use the device to pinpoint your location. A group of Princeton University researchers...

Hundreds of GPS Location Tracking Services Leaving User Data Open to Hackers
2018-01-04 11:48

Security researchers have unearthed multiple vulnerabilities in hundreds of GPS services that could enable attackers to expose a whole host of sensitive data on millions of online location...

Many GPS Tracking Services Expose User Location, Other Data
2018-01-02 21:10

Researchers discovered that many online services designed for managing location tracking devices are affected by vulnerabilities that expose potentially sensitive information. Fitness, child, pet...