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Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are integrated into many devices. However, civilian GNSS signals are usually not cryptographically protected. This makes attacks that forge signals relatively easy. Considering modern devices often…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Wenjie Liu , Panos Papadimitratos

The impact of localization systems in our daily lives is increasing. As next-generation networks will introduce hyperconnectivity with the emerging applications, this impact will undoubtedly further increase, proliferating the importance of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Caner Goztepe , Saliha Buyukcorak , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Halim Yanikomeroglu

The ability of a sensor node to determine its location in a sensor network is important in many applications. The infrastructure for the location-based services is an easy target for malicious attacks. We address scenarios where malicious…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-12-16 Bodhibrata Mukhopadhyay , Seshan Srirangarajan , Subrat Kar

We propose a simple low-cost technique that enables civil Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and other civil global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers to reliably detect carry-off spoofing and jamming. The technique, which…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-30 Kyle D. Wesson , Jason N. Gross , Todd E. Humphreys , Brian L. Evans

In this paper, we validate the performance of the a sensor fusion-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing attack detection framework for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). To collect data, a vehicle equipped with a GNSS receiver,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-03 Sagar Dasgupta , Kazi Hassan Shakib , Mizanur Rahman

Location information is critical to a wide-variety of navigation and tracking applications. Today, GPS is the de-facto outdoor localization system but has been shown to be vulnerable to signal spoofing attacks. Inertial Navigation Systems…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-13 Sashank Narain , Aanjhan Ranganathan , Guevara Noubir

It is well known that GNSS receivers are vulnerable to jamming and spoofing attacks, and numerous such incidents have been reported in the last decade all over the world. The notion of participatory sensing, or crowdsensing, is that a large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-04 Glädje Karl Olsson , Sara Nilsson , Erik Axell , Erik G. Larsson , Panos Papadimitratos

Modern positioning relies on radio signals from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Their low receive power renders these radio signals susceptible to jamming attacks, in which malicious transmitters emit strong interference to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-25 Jonas Elmiger , Gian Marti , Christoph Studer

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing and jamming threaten maritime navigation by corrupting positions from Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders. Crucially, raw AIS messages contain communication-layer defects…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Sanghyeon Park , DeukJae Cho , Pyo-Woong Son

Spoofing attacks are among the most destructive cyber threats to terrestrial systems, and they become even more dangerous in space, where satellites cannot be easily serviced, and operators depend on accurate telemetry to ensure mission…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Jack Vanlyssel , Gruia-Catalin Roman , Afsah Anwar

Rogue Wi-Fi access point (AP) attacks can lead to data breaches and unauthorized access. Existing rogue AP detection methods and tools often rely on channel state information (CSI) or received signal strength indicator (RSSI), but they…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-05 Wenjie Liu , Panos Papadimitratos

The prevalence of mobile devices and Location-Based Services (LBS) necessitate the study of Location Privacy-Preserving Mechanisms (LPPM). However, LPPMs reduce the utility of LBS due to the noise they add to users' locations. Here, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-06 Nazanin Takbiri , Virat Shejwalker , Amir Houmansadr , Dennis L. Goeckel , Hossein Pishro-Nik

Location based services are expected to play a major role in future generation cellular networks, starting from the incoming 5G systems. At the same time, localization technologies may be severely affected by attackers capable to deploy low…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Stefania Bartoletti , Ivan Palamà , Danilo Orlando , Giuseppe Bianchi , Nicola Blefari Melazzi

To safeguard Civilian Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) external information available to the platform encompassing the GNSS receiver can be used to detect attacks. Cross-checking the GNSS-provided time against alternative multiple…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Marco Spanghero , Panos Papadimitratos

News reports of the last few years indicated that several intelligence agencies are able to monitor large networks or entire portions of the Internet backbone. Such a powerful adversary has only recently been considered by the academic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-09-07 Giuseppe Ateniese , Briland Hitaj , Luigi V. Mancini , Nino V. Verde , Antonio Villani

Location-based Services (LBSs) provide valuable services, with convenient features for users. However, the information disclosed through each request harms user privacy. This is a concern particularly with honest-but-curious LBS servers,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Hongyu Jin , Panos Papadimitratos

This paper develops, implements, and validates a powerful single-antenna carrier-phase-based test to detect Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) spoofing attacks on ground vehicles equipped with a low-cost inertial measurement unit…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-02 Zachary Clements , James E. Yoder , Todd E. Humphreys

Accurate localization is essential for enabling modern full self-driving services. These services heavily rely on map-based traffic information to reduce uncertainties in recognizing lane shapes, traffic light locations, and traffic signs.…

Fake base station (FBS) attack is a great security challenge to wireless user equipment (UE). During the cell selection stage, the UE receives multiple synchronization signals (SSs) from multiple nearby base stations (BSs), and then…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-15 Ke-Wen Huang , Hui-Ming Wang

As rail transport moves toward higher degrees of automation under initiatives like the R2DATO project [1], accurate and reliable train localization has become essential. Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) is considered as a main…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Syed Ali Kazim , Anas Darwich , Juliette Marais