Security News

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...

Tracking People Without GPS
2017-12-15 12:18

Interesting research: The trick in accurately tracking a person with this method is finding out what kind of activity they're performing. Whether they're walking, driving a car, or riding in a...

GPS Spoofing Attacks
2017-09-25 13:23

Wired has a story about a possible GPS spoofing attack by Russia: After trawling through AIS data from recent years, evidence of spoofing becomes clear. Goward says GPS data has placed ships at...