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Master the Art of GPS Spoofing: Tricks to Fake Your Phone’s Location
Uncover apps and techniques to change locations on iPhone and Android for fun and practical uses Tim Fisher What to Know You can change your Android phone's GPS location using a free app from the Google Play Store. To spoof your iPhone location, use a desktop program...
Telematics hacking: Three things you need to know
Jamming and spoofing may be your greatest threats Sean Kilcarr If you haven’t heard the terms “jamming” and “spoofing” in relation to trucking telematics before, you are not alone, for both are highly rare forms of telematics hacking in the U.S. Yet Guy...
How to Deal with GPS Jamming and Spoofing
CRFS From ship navigation to financial transactions, we’re increasingly reliant on GPS (or other GNSS systems, such as Galileo, GLONASS or BDS BeiDou). Jamming and spoofing can therefore cause significant disruption and represent a public safety threat. Fortunately,...
FMCSA Targets Falsified ELD Records in New Approach
Crash Spurs Investigation of Tactics Designed to Circumvent HOS Rules Eric Miller Faced with evolving tactics to bypass hours-of-service rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is taking steps to combat electronic logging device fraud. The agency is...
FMCSA told to strengthen ELD requirements
NTSB report finds fake driver logs contributed to Triton Logistics crash that killed 3 John Gallagher WASHNGTON — Safety investigators have warned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to tighten electronic logging device (ELD) requirements to prevent...
An ELD Company Is Manipulating Truck Driver Logs, and Someone Is Going to Get Hurt
Stephen G. Lowry An electronic logging device, or ELD, is installed in a commercial truck to record how long a driver has been on the road. Not every truck has them – any truck manufactured before 2000 won’t have the system in place; neither will certain types of...
Fake Team Driving Scam: ALL ELD Systems Affected
Truckers Report Mainly Chicagoland does this, so what they do is they buy an ELD service platform from overseas although the ELD platform believes they are in America because they furnish a credible USDOT/MC, vehicle count, and fake business fronts. So even though...
FMCSA Targets Falsified ELD Records in New Approach
Crash Spurs Investigation of Tactics Designed to Circumvent HOS Rules Eric Miller Faced with evolving tactics to bypass hours-of-service rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is taking steps to combat electronic logging device fraud. The agency is...
What Is GPS Spoofing and How Do You Defend Against It?
OKTA GPS spoofing is when a counterfeit radio signal is transmitted to a receiver antenna to counteract and override a legitimate GPS satellite signal. It is often a form of cyberattack perpetrated by bad actors attempting to steer goods or people off course. GPS...
What are GPS jammers and how do you combat them?
GEOTAB Key Insights GPS jammers block satellite signals, preventing accurate location tracking. GPS blocking is Illegal in many countries with steep fines and penalties. Jamming and spoofing are different; one blocks, the other fakes a signal. Geotab detects GPS...