HTTP/2 Bomb Attacks Put Telcos, Healthcare Orgs at Risk
The denial-of-service (DoS) exploit takes advantage of two features in HTTP/2 that were designed to save Internet bandwith, not power massive amplification attacks.
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The denial-of-service (DoS) exploit takes advantage of two features in HTTP/2 that were designed to save Internet bandwith, not power massive amplification attacks.
Crafted packets from cellular devices such as mobile phones can exploit faulty state machines in the 5G core to attack cellular infrastructure. Smart devices that critical industries such as defense, utilities, and the medical sectors use for their daily operations depend on the speed, efficiency, and productivity brought by 5G. This entry describes CVE-2021-45462 as a potential use case to deploy a denial-of-service (DoS) attack to private 5G networks.