Fingerprinting on Modern Cellular Networks

The world of mobile/cellular communication networks is not as homogeneous as you might think. After all, 2G and 3G networks are still commonplace in some parts of the developing world. However, in more developed countries, 4G and even 5G IP data networks have replaced the earlier Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) technologies. This has brought tremendous improvements in bandwidth, speed, and lower latency, as well as user density per cell but also their own unique security issues.

In today’s modern mobile/cellular networks, attackers can take advantage of known weaknesses in existing 4G technologies such as LTE. This is due to a flaw whereby the initial connect process where a device connects with the ...

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