Readers of a certain age will remember GPRS: Old insecure code from turn of millennium still haunts 5G networks

Long-standing vulnerabilities in older wireless broadband standards will continue to dog new 5G networks, despite efforts to improve network security, a new report has claimed. Researchers with Positive Technologies say that a legacy standard known as GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) is the culprit behind security issues that will leave many of the early 5G networks open to attacks such as spoofing, man-in-the-middle, and denial of service.

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