type: attack-pattern
spec_version: 2.1
id: attack-pattern--d2e112dc-f6d4-488d-b8df-ecbfb57a0a2d
created: 2017-10-25T14:48:25.740Z
created_by_ref: identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5
revoked: no
external_references: source_name: mitre-attack
url: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1464
external_id: T1464
source_name: CNET-Celljammer
description: Chris Matyszczyk. (2014, May 1). FCC: Man used device to jam drivers' cell phone calls. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
url: https://www.cnet.com/news/man-put-cell-phone-jammer-in-car-to-stop-driver-calls-fcc-says/
source_name: Arstechnica-Celljam
description: David Kravets. (2016, March 10). Man accused of jamming passengers’ cell phones on Chicago subway. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
url: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/man-accused-of-jamming-passengers-cell-phones-on-chicago-subway/
source_name: NIST-SP800187
description: Jeffrey Cichonski, Joshua M Franklin, Michael Bartock. (2017, December). Guide to LTE Security. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
url: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/800-187/sp800_187_draft.pdf
source_name: NYTimes-Celljam
description: Matt Richtel. (2007, November 4). Devices Enforce Silence of Cellphones, Illegally. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
url: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04jammer.html
source_name: Digitaltrends-Celljam
description: Trevor Mogg. (2015, June 5). Florida teacher punished after signal-jamming his students’ cell phones. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
url: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/florida-teacher-punished-after-signal-jamming-his-students-cell-phones/
source_name: NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue
url: https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/cellular-threats/CEL-7.html
external_id: CEL-7
source_name: NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue
url: https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/cellular-threats/CEL-8.html
external_id: CEL-8
source_name: NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue
url: https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/lan-pan-threats/LPN-5.html
external_id: LPN-5
source_name: NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue
url: https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/gps-threats/GPS-0.html
external_id: GPS-0
object_marking_refs: marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168
modified: 2025-05-19T15:21:04.030Z
name: Network Denial of Service
description: Adversaries may perform Network Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of targeted resources to users. Network DoS can be performed by exhausting the network bandwidth that services rely on, or by jamming the signal going to or coming from devices. 

A Network DoS will occur when an adversary is able to jam radio signals (e.g. Wi-Fi, cellular, GPS) around a device to prevent it from communicating. For example, to jam cellular signal, an adversary may use a handheld signal jammer, which jam devices within the jammer’s operational range.(Citation: NIST-SP800187) 

Usage of cellular jamming has been documented in several arrests reported in the news.(Citation: CNET-Celljammer)(Citation: NYTimes-Celljam)(Citation: Digitaltrends-Celljam)(Citation: Arstechnica-Celljam)
kill_chain_phases: kill_chain_name: mitre-mobile-attack
phase_name: impact
x_mitre_attack_spec_version: 3.2.0
x_mitre_deprecated: no
x_mitre_domains: mobile-attack
x_mitre_is_subtechnique: no
x_mitre_modified_by_ref: identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5
x_mitre_platforms: Android
iOS
x_mitre_version: 1.4
x_mitre_tactic_type: Post-Adversary Device Access