"As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge"

5G is the next generation of wireless technology that is expected to improve upon bandwidth, capacity, and reliability. However, new security vulnerabilities are expected to emerge in conjunction with the arrival of 5G networks. Although 5G networks are already going live in major cities around the world, researchers are still finding major security vulnerabilities in the 5G specification. Researchers from Purdue University and the University of Iowa recently gave a presentation at the Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Computer and Communications Security in which they discussed 11 new design issues they discovered in 5G protocols. Using a new custom tool, called 5GReasoner, the researchers discovered these flaws that could allow attackers to expose a user's location, track communication, increase wireless bills, and more. This article continues to discuss the discovery of security flaws in the 5G standard and GSMA's response to these findings. 

Wired reports "As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge"