A single well-placed GPS jammer or spoofer could disrupt signals in an entire region of the United States, an official from the Homeland Security Department told a GPS conference in Nashville, Tenn.

For many of us, GPS devices make our lives easier. They help us find the best route to a meeting, a nearby Starbucks, or even help us avoid a nasty accident that is stopping traffic on the freeway.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Many of us use our GPS on a regular basis. Emergency responders also rely on them to save lives. Experts, however, say that the GPS system is very vulnerable and signals can be ...

GPS jammers work by disrupting frequencies in one of the commonly used GPS bands. Because the GPS signals are weak to begin with (using just 25 watts to send the signals from satellites roughly 12,500 ...

Government officials and communications experts are assessing the public safety and security implications of a newly posted online article that provides directions for making cheap devices that can ...

GPS jammers are easily available on the Internet. No, we’re not linking to them. Nevertheless, GPS jammers are frequently used by truck drivers and other people with a company car that don’t want ...

Brig. Gen. Neil Thurgood, the program executive officer missiles and space, receives some pre-fire FIM-92 Stinger training from Jerry Haney, of Raytheon Missile Systems, during testing March 14 at ...

According to a report from British vehicle security firm, Tracker, criminal gangs have been importing GPS jammers from China to help them steal expensive cars or car transporters with valuable loads.

Jammer use is close to routine near Portland, Oregon airport. The FCC slammed a Chinese GPS jammer vendor Thursday with a $34.9 million fine, the largest in history, following reports earlier this ...

Government officials and communications experts are assessing the public safety and security implications of a newly posted online article that provides directions for making cheap devices to jam ...

The Russian military is buying up jamming devices which it plans to mount on cell phone towers. The idea behind it is simple — the Kremlin could switch on the jammers, known as Pole-21 to confuse ...