Numerous cases of hijacking incidents to trucks and other entities have been recorded lately by researchers. Based on reports, threat actors have begun using GPS jammers to execute their ploy against targeted entities.
The ever-growing logistics and freight-carrying landscape that uses satellite navigation and GPS tracking capabilities have become an essential feature for most organisations. There is an increase in companies employing features to track their products and travel quickly.
However, cybercriminal groups are also observed investing in GPS jamming tools to exploit these strategies, whether the target is on the road or at sea. Experts revealed that the jamming incident has also increased significantly as increased hackers use it for malicious activities.
Today, the primary issue for any system that utilises GPS is that it has unsustainable signals. These weak signals could pose problems for products that gain distance from its company, such as cargo.
These GPS jammers use this signal issue to overthrow the main tracker.
GPS jammers work by overwhelming the weak GPS signals of the targets. Threat actors use these malicious tools with a slightly stronger signal with the same frequency to hijack the targeted entity.
The most common jammers used for hijacking cargos could jam frequencies from more than five miles away. These jammers could make GPS tracking and security tools on trucking operations useless.
According to researchers, GPS jammers are abused in nearly 85% of cargo truck theft in Mexico. In the United States, there is no existing tally for the tracking incident, but many believe there are also numerous cases of GPS jamming incidents in the area.
Reports also revealed that Russia had been attracted to obtaining jammers to hijack commercial planes in Ukraine that could help them in their geopolitical war.
The tools also hijack drones since most drones rely on GPS for navigation and security tracking. These features also make them vulnerable to GPS jamming attacks that could endanger users, primarily if drones are used for high-stakes operations.
GPS jammers have found their place in targeting organisations that heavily rely on track, which is very alarming since logistics and e-commerce have been growing annually.
