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Tag Archives: GPS
Privacy foul for soccer league app that eavesdropped on users
The LaLiga app used phones’ GPS and microphones to sniff out bars that were broadcasting soccer matches illegally.
White label SOS panic buttons can be hacked via SMS
A Chinese white-label panic alarm used by elderly and vulnerable people can be remotely controlled by sending it simple SMS commands.
Ep. 027 – Honeypots, GPS rollover and the MySpace data vortex
Guess how long it takes crooks to find a new device when you plug it in? All this and more in the latest Naked Security podcast- enjoy!
Serious Security: GPS week rollover and the other sort of “zero day”
Tomorrow night, the GPS “earth clock” has a Y2K event – but here’s why you should be OK.
Why ‘PWNED!’ is appearing on some GPS smartwatches
Over 20 models of smartwatches, some bought for kids, allow for creeps to eavesdrop and track users, in spite of a ban.
Russia accused of massive GPS spoofing campaign
Russia has been hijacking signals sent by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) systems such as GPS, researchers claim.
Bicycle-riding hitman convicted with Garmin GPS watch location data
Location data extracted from the athletic hitman’s Garmin GPS watch and TomTom sat nav led to his conviction in two gangland murders.
How to spoof someone’s GPS navigation to send them the wrong way
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.
SIM card in bird’s GPS tracker used to rack up $2,700 phone bill
Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill.