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Mobile Threat Catalogue
Illegal RF Transmitters
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Threat Category: Network Threats: Wi-Fi
ID: LPN-5
Threat Description: Illegal radio frequency transmitters can be designed to block, jam, or otherwise interfere
with authorized radio communications.
Threat Origin
GPS, Wi-Fi, and Cell Phone Jammers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 1
Exploit Examples
FCC Fines Marriott $600,000 for Jamming Hotel Wi-Fi 2
CVE Examples
Not Applicable
Possible Countermeasures
Enterprise
Contingency planning for use of another communication band.
To mitigate interference to on-premises communications, detect, locate, and deactivate the device causing
interference to Wi-Fi communications.
Mobile Device User
Contingency planning for use of another communication band.
References
1. GPS, Wi-Fi, and Cell Phone Jammers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Federal Communications
Commission; https://cduggleby.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/federal-communications-q-and-a-sheet-on-cellphone-jamming-see-cellphone-jammer-article-at-chrisdugglebydotcom.pdf [accessed 7/27/22] ↩
https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/lan-pan-threats/LPN-5.html
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2. G. Fleishman, “FCC fines Marriott $600,000 for jamming hotel Wi-Fi”, blog, 3 Oct. 2014;
http://boingboing.net/2014/10/03/fcc-fines-marriott-for-jamming.html [accessed 8/24/2016] ↩
Source: https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/lan-pan-threats/LPN-5.html
https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/lan-pan-threats/LPN-5.html
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