ZeroFox Intelligence Brief - An Overview of 5G and Potential Vulnerabilities

Product Serial: B-2023-05-22a

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In this ZeroFox Intelligence Brief, ZeroFox researchers provide an overview of 5G and its associated potential vulnerabilities. The technology will eventually serve as a successor to 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology, and reporting approximates that there were one billion 5G subscriptions across the globe at the end of 2022, which is forecasted to rise as high as five billion by 2026. However, the implementation and commercial availability of 5G has been subject to criticism across North America, Western Europe, and Asia.

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