5G Attacks and Countermeasures

With the arrival of fifth generation of mobile networking technology, 5G, subscribers and IoT devices can look forward to higher data transfer rates, lower latency, better reli-ability, and increased availability. Deploying new infrastructure in conjunction with the previous generations of networks will expand the attack surface. We explore the architecture of the 5G architecture and give an overview of the types of attack vectors and how to possibly mitigate the attacks. Through our research, we found that vulnerabilities must be addressed at every level within the infrastructure of 5G network. While 5G network has increased in complexity and separated services depend from one another, maintaining and patching a service has been made easier. From security perspective, this study emphasizes how mobile network technologies are receptive to threats and the need for mitigation methods is a high priority. We estimate exploit difficulties and they indicate how to prioritize the work forward on developing mitigation methods.