What is Jamming Attack and how to prevent it?

by | Sep 25, 2020 | CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, DoS and DDoS Prevention, Exclusive Articles, Featured, Most Common Vulnerabilities, Wireless Network And Security

Jamming Attack

What is Jamming Attack?

A jamming attack is an attack in which an attacker transfers interfering signals on a wireless network intentionally. As a result, it decreases the signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver side and disrupts existing wireless communication.

The jamming attack uses intentional radio interference and keeps the communicating medium busy. As a result, when a transmitter senses the wireless medium before actually transmitting the data, it finds the wireless medium busy and stops communicating.

Depending on the power of the radio transmitter and location and influence of the jammer on the network, jamming can cause significant disruption in wireless communication.

How do jamming attacks work? What are the different types of jammers and how to detect and prevent jamming attacks? In this article, we would discuss that in detail.


In this article, we will discuss:

  • What is Jamming Attack?

  • What are the different types of jammers?

    • Proactive Jammer

    • Reactive Jammer

    • Function-specific Jammer

    • Smart-hybrid Jammers

  • How to detect and prevent Jamming Attacks?

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Ms. Amrita Mitra is an author, who has authored the books “Cryptography And Public Key Infrastructure“, “Web Application Vulnerabilities And Prevention“, “A Guide To Cyber Security” and “Phishing: Detection, Analysis And Prevention“. She is also the founder of Asigosec Technologies, the company that owns The Security Buddy.

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