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Next generation GPS chips will permit global localization to within 30 cm, a big step forward for self-driving vehicles among other applications. Broadcom has announced that their next generation GPS chips will use less battery, work in urban canyons, and will have an accuracy of 30 cm. Current GPS units have an accuracy of 3-5 […]

GPS underpins many modern systems, from time stamping financial transactions to map creation and navigation, but the system is vulnerable. In Summer 2017, dozens of ships in the Black Sea suddenly reported that their GPS units were malfunctioning and displaying the ships as inland. Experts indicate that this was a GPS spoofing attack performed by

GPS isn’t perfect; it it often off on the order of 1-10 meters, but it is almost never off by 25 miles. According to Gurvan Le Meur, the captain of a tanker traveling on the Black Sea in June this year, his GPS reported that the ship was located 25-30 miles from where it actually way.

Throughout several days in the end of June, over 20 ships reported problems with GPS reception in the Black Sea. According to experts, the problems were probably a result of an attack on the GPS infrastructure. Logs from ships affected by the GPS spoofing have been recovered and the evidence appears conclusive that it was

The US Navy is still investigating the causes behind the two US Navy collisions in the past two months. Many theories have been put forth, including GPS spoofing or jamming. Experts suggest that it is highly unlikely, but not impossible.  GPS spoofing and jamming attacks are possible and have been demonstrated. GPS attacks likely caused

An oil tanker collided with the USS John S. McCain near Singapore this week, injuring five sailors, starting a search for ten more missing sailors, and sparking concerns about potential GPS foul-play.  “There’s something more than just human error going on,” says Jeff Stutzman, a chief intelligence officer. “Statistically, it looks very suspicious,” Dr. Humphreys

Black Sea shipping is the latest target of GPS spoofing, according to captains of these ships in late June of this year. The GPS receivers aboard the ships began to act erratically, reporting that the ships were on land or too far out at sea. Dr. Humphreys says the evidence indicates that this wasn’t a case

In June of this year, reports surfaced of ships in the Black Sea experiencing problems with their satellite navigation. Their GPS receivers told them they were somewhere they weren’t – something known as GPS spoofing. Dr. Humphreys has long warned of the dangers of GPS spoofing. In 2013, he and his team performed a test

After a recent spoofing incident perpetrated by the Kremlin, the dangers of sensor spoofing for autonomous cars feels more real than ever. Dr. Humphreys spoke with Inverse about the vulnerabilities of autonomous cars and the threat of GPS spoofing. “Everybody’s primary fear is they’re traveling down the road in an autonomous car here and somehow hacks them remotely and

Two of Dr. Humphreys’ students, Lakshay Narula and Matthew Murrian, were one of only eight teams chosen for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship for 2017. Their project focuses on localizing pedestrians and cyclists to within half a meter, enabling self-driving vehicles to safely navigate with confidence. Their approach uses precise GNSS developed by Dr. Humphreys’ lab