How Hackers Get Any Device Location

How to find accurate location of any device

link of GitHub seeker account : - https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/seeker.git

Concept behind Seeker is simple, just like we host phishing pages to get credentials why not host a fake page that requests your location like many popular location based websites. Read more on thewhiteh4t's Blog .Seeker Hosts a fake website which asks for Location Permission and if the target allows it, we can get :

Longitude
Latitude
Accuracy
Altitude - Not always available
Direction - Only available if user is moving
Speed - Only available if user is moving

Along with Location Information we also get Device Information without any permissions :

Unique ID using Canvas Fingerprinting
Device Model - Not always available
Operating System
Platform
Number of CPU Cores - Approximate Results
Amount of RAM - Approximate Results
Screen Resolution
GPU information
Browser Name and Version
Public IP Address
Local IP Address
Local Port

Automatic IP Address Reconnaissance is performed after the above information is received.

This tool is a Proof of Concept and is for Educational Purposes Only, Seeker shows what data a malicious website can gather about you and your devices and why you should not click on random links and allow critical permissions such as Location etc.

How is this Different from IP GeoLocation

Other tools and services offer IP Geolocation which is NOT accurate at all and does not give location of the target instead it is the approximate location of the ISP.
Seeker uses HTML API and gets Location Permission and then grabs Longitude and Latitude using GPS Hardware which is present in the device, so Seeker works best with Smartphones, if the GPS Hardware is not present, such as on a Laptop, Seeker fallbacks to IP Geolocation or it will look for Cached Coordinates.
Generally if a user accepts location permsission, Accuracy of the information recieved is accurate to approximately 30 meters
Accuracy depends on multiple factors which you may or may not control such as :
- Device - Won't work on laptops or phones which have broken GPS
- Browser - Some browsers block javascripts
- GPS Calibration - If GPS is not calibrated you may get inaccurate results and this is very common

Templates

Available Templates :

NearYou
Google Drive (Suggested by @Akaal_no_one)
WhatsApp (Suggested by @Dazmed707)
Telegram

Tested On :

Kali Linux
BlackArch Linux
Ubuntu
Kali Nethunter
Termux
Parrot OS

Installation

Kali Linux / Ubuntu / Parrot OS

git clone https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/seeker.git
cd seeker/
apt update
apt install python3 python3-pip php
pip3 install requests

BlackArch Linux

pacman -S seeker

Termux

git clone https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/seeker.git
cd seeker/
pkg update
pkg install python php
pip3 install requests

Docker

docker pull thewhiteh4t/seeker

Usage

python3 seeker.py -h

usage: seeker.py [-h] [-s SUBDOMAIN]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -k KML, --kml         Provide KML Filename ( Optional )
  -p PORT, --port       Port for Web Server [ Default : 8080 ]
  -t TUNNEL, --tunnel   Specify Tunnel Mode [ Available : manual ]

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# Usage Examples #
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# Step 1 : In first terminal
$ python3 seeker.py -t manual

# Step 2 : In second terminal start a tunnel service such as ngrok
$ ./ngrok http 8080

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# Options #
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# Ouput KML File for Google Earth
$ python3 seeker.py -t manual -k <filename>

# Use Custom Port
$ python3 seeker.py -t manual -p 1337
$ ./ngrok http 1337

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# Docker Usage #
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# Step 1
$ docker network create ngroknet

# Step 2
$ docker run --rm -it --net ngroknet --name seeker thewhiteh4t/seeker

# Step 3
$ docker run --rm -it --net ngroknet --name ngrok wernight/ngrok ngrok http seeker:8080