Cracking the 5G Fortress: Peering Into 5G's Vulnerability Abyss
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Black Hat USA 2024 · Day 1 · Briefing
This talk, "Cracking the 5G Fortress: Peering Into 5G's Vulnerability Abyss," delivered by Kai and Yilu from Penn State University's SynSec Lab, addresses the critical security posture of **5G basebands**—the essential components enabling devices to connect to 5G networks. Given 5G's pervasive deployment, not only for daily tasks like streaming and ride-sharing but also in mission-critical domains such as autonomous vehicles, smart factories, and power plants, the integrity of these basebands is paramount. A compromise in a 5G baseband can lead to severe consequences, including information leakage, phishing attacks, and service disruptions for individual users. More broadly, a compromised device could serve as an entry point for sophisticated attacks targeting the wider 5G network infrastructure, including base stations and core networks.