A single well-placed GPS jammer or spoofer could disrupt signals in an entire region of the United States, an official from the Homeland Security Department told a GPS conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Government officials and communications experts are assessing the public safety and security implications of a newly posted online article that provides directions for making cheap devices that can ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Sept. 30 directed 20 small online retailers to cease marketing GPS, cellphone and Wi-Fi signal jammers or face fines of $16,000 a day. Nonetheless, the three ...

GPS jammers work by disrupting frequencies in one of the commonly used GPS bands. Because the GPS signals are weak to begin with (using just 25 watts to send the signals from satellites roughly 12,500 ...

The NATO Communications and Information Agency has developed a software-based tool that can estimate the area where an interfering signal would degrade or deny global navigation satellite systems.

According to a report from British vehicle security firm, Tracker, criminal gangs have been importing GPS jammers from China to help them steal expensive cars or car transporters with valuable loads.

Government officials and communications experts are assessing the public safety and security implications of a newly posted online article that provides directions for making cheap devices to jam ...

Recent years have seen an increase in drivers turning to cheap GNSS jamming devices in order to move around undetected or to thwart built-in anti-theft systems or road tolling systems. These jammers ...

Hostile jamming is a major concern for military users of GPS, leading to anti-jamming requirements for satellites and receivers. But there is no program underway to solve the problem the other way--by ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -The state Attorney General’s Office is investigating the use of illegal GPS jammers by state conservation officers. Hawaii News Now has learned that up to 10 officers at the ...

Iranian forces are actively using GPS jammers and pretending to be U.S. or allies’ warships to trick commercial vessels into traveling through Iranian waters and then seizing them, federal government ...