Relay/replay attacks on GNSS signals
2021 (English)In: WiSec 2021 - Proceedings of the 14th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2021, p. 380-382Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) are ubiquitously relied upon for positioning and timing. Detection and prevention of attacks against GNSS have been researched over the last decades, but many of these attacks and countermeasures were evaluated based on simulation. This work contributes to the experimental investigation of GNSS vulnerabilities, implementing a relay/replay attack with off-the-shelf hardware. Operating at the signal level, this attack type is not hindered by cryptographically protected transmissions, such as Galileo's Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OS-NMA). The attack we investigate involves two colluding adversaries, relaying signals over large distances, to effectively spoof a GNSS receiver. We demonstrate the attack using off-the-shelf hardware, we investigate the requirements for such successful colluding attacks, and how they can be enhanced, e.g., allowing for finer adversarial control over the victim receiver.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2021. p. 380-382
Keywords [en]
global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), meaconing, off-the-shelf hardware, replay/relay attack, spoofing, Cellular radio systems, Mobile telecommunication systems, Privacy by design, Wireless networks, Colluding attack, Experimental investigations, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GNSS receivers, GNSS signals, Off-the-shelf hardwares, Open services, Relaying signals, Global positioning system
National Category
Signal Processing Communication Systems Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-310385DOI: 10.1145/3448300.3468256Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85110145090OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-310385DiVA, id: diva2:1649282
Conference
14th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, WiSec 2021, 28 June 2021 through 2 July 2021
Note
Part of proceedings: ISBN 978-1-4503-8349-3
QC 20220404
2022-04-042022-04-042023-01-18Bibliographically approved