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Current BSI study: 5G has security risks 
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The BSI has commissioned a study on 5G security: The Open RAN study (Open Radio Access Network) shows clear security risks. Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network), based on the standards of the O-RAN Alliance, contains significant security risks in its current form. This is the result of a study commissioned by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and which is now being published. The risk analysis for Open RAN was lead by the Barkhausen Institute (under the direction of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fettweis) as an independent research institution in cooperation with Advancing Individual ...

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Now we start with 5G and the security priorities 
F5 news

Around half of the mobile network operators are already installing their own 5G network or are planning to do so in concrete terms and are also setting security priorities. This is shown by a worldwide IDG survey of service providers on behalf of F5. Currently, almost no provider has a dedicated 5G core network. Such standalone networks are likely to spring up like mushrooms: 18 percent of the network operators surveyed installed a 2020G standalone core at the end of 5, and a further 29 percent want to follow soon. Of the European participants, 21 percent are working on a 5G standalone core, and a further 21 percent are in the planning phase. Europe is not far behind Asia, ...

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5G: Security challenge for smart factory environments
5G: Security challenge for smart factory environments

Study: 5G poses a security challenge for smart factory environments. Trend Micro Research highlights various proof-of-concept attacks on connected systems in the study “Attacks From 4G/5G Core Networks: Risks of the Industrial IoT in Compromised Campus Network ”. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, has released a detailed study revealing emerging threats to 4G/5G campus networks. Many of these take advantage of the difficulties organizations face when patching critical OT environments. Attack scenarios on 5G networks The study describes several attack scenarios and possible protective measures. The test environment mimics the conditions of a smart factory campus network. "The…

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Intercept X protects Snapdragon computing platforms
Intercept X protects Snapdragon computing platforms

Sophos Intercept X keeps Qualcomm's Snapdragon computing platforms safe. Next generation cybersecurity for PCs with 5G technology. Sophos today announced its plans to provide Intercept X endpoint protection for 5G PCs based on Qualcomm® Snapdragon ™ computing platforms from Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The combination of Sophos Intercept X with Snapdragon computing platforms offers users a next-generation security environment in a PC environment that is active around the clock and always connected to the Internet. Sophos Intercept X for Snapdragon Compute Platforms is expected to be available in the second half of 2021….

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Security for cellular networks
Trend Micro News

Trend Micro offers new bespoke solutions and dedicated sales for telecommunications providers. This should bring comprehensive security for cellular networks and their users. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, is increasing its activities in the telecommunications sector in Germany. The company offers telecommunications providers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions with which they can both secure their own infrastructures and offer their customers new services. Trend Micro strengthens its sales activities in the telecommunications sector in Germany. The Japanese IT security provider offers telecommunications companies a comprehensive portfolio of solutions with which they can effectively secure their networks and the underlying infrastructures - ...

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Protection for emerging 5G networks
5G radio mast

Trend Micro protects newly emerging private 5G networks and edge computing in companies and reaches the proof-of-concept phase (POC) in the process. Trend Micro announces Mobile Network Security (MNS), a security solution for mobile networks. MNS accelerates digital innovation at the network edge by providing comprehensive network and endpoint protection for a new era of private IoT and 5G networks. Service providers and system integrators are increasingly using shared and unlicensed products to build private cellular networks for their corporate customers. This leads to new business opportunities in 5G and IoT. For business-critical applications at the edge of the network "From shopping centers to airports and intelligent ...

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