Comments on: Pokemon Go Cheat Fools GPS with Software Defined Radio

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 05:46:31 +0000

https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2016/07/21/cheating-at-pokemon-go-with-a-hackrf-and-gps-spoofing-rtl-sdr-com/

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 05:46:11 +0000

Antivirus for GPS spoofing and other vulnerabilities
https://www.zdnet.com/article/an-antivirus-for-gps-spoofing-and-other-vulnerabilities/
The Regulus system is a software solution that uses machine learning
to detect spoofing and defend any GNSS receiver, device, or chipset
against it. GPS spoofing attacks are becoming more common and are
often very difficult to detect and protect against.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:43:23 +0000

HackRF
https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13001

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:42:34 +0000

Cheating at Pokémon Go with a HackRF and GPS Spoofing

http://www.rtl-sdr.com/cheating-at-pokemon-go-with-a-hackrf-and-gps-spoofing/

Since the game is GPS based, Stefan Kiese decided to see if he could cheat at the game by spoofing his GPS location using a HackRF software defined radio.

To do this he used the off the shelf “GPS-SDR-Sim” software by Takuji Ebinuma which is a GPS Spoofing tool for transmit capable SDR’s like the HackRF, bladeRF and USRP radios. At first, when using the software Stefan noticed that the HackRF was simply jamming his GPS signals, and not simulating the satellites.

Gotta Catch ‘Em All! – WORLDWIDE! (or how to spoof GPS to cheat at Pokémon GO)
https://www.insinuator.net/2016/07/gotta-catch-em-all-worldwide-or-how-to-spoof-gps-to-cheat-at-pokemon-go/

WARNING: In most countries transmitting on these frequencies is prohibited by law! As satellite’s GPS signals are very weak while receiving on earth, transmitted signals with the HackRF will be very strong in comparison – use attenuators and/or shielding boxes, as GPS receivers of navigation systems are very sensitive! Don’t abuse this knowledge, it’s just a proof of concept!
Okay, now that you’ve all read and understood this, back to our technical topic!
By setting up the HackRF in transfer mode, I initially “jammed” the whole GPS L1 band.