A cybersecurity research project demonstrating how Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks can be used to spoof GPS data in an ambulance navigation system, highlighting the real-world risks of insecure communication in critical services.
Modern emergency services heavily rely on GPS-based navigation systems. If these systems are compromised, attackers could manipulate location data, mislead vehicles, delay emergency response, and potentially endanger lives.
This project simulates how a MITM attack can be used to spoof GPS coordinates and redirect an ambulance system.
- To demonstrate GPS spoofing using MITM techniques
- To analyze security risks in navigation-based systems
- To understand real-world attack vectors on IoT and vehicle networks
- To promote the importance of secure communication in critical infrastructure
- Attacker sets up a Man-in-the-Middle environment
- Intercepts GPS/location data
- Modifies coordinates in real time
- Sends spoofed data to the navigation system
- The system displays a false location / route
- Kali Linux
- Python
- JavaScript
- Networking & MITM tools
- GPS module / RC car simulation
- Web-based monitoring interface
- Live GPS data interception
- Real-time coordinate manipulation
- MITM traffic monitoring
- Location redirection simulation
- Educational attack demonstration
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