Are LTE And 5G Cell Phone Systems Secure?

Are you expecting that every communication system has one or the other issue with security? You are right! What's about LTE and 5G? Here is what researchers have found:

Check out the following:

RANsacked: Over 100 Security Flaws Found in LTE and 5G Network Implementations
By Ravie Lakshmanan

Excerpt: "A group of academics has disclosed details of over 100 security vulnerabilities impacting LTE and 5G implementations that could be exploited by an attacker to disrupt access to service and even gain a foothold into the cellular core network. ..."

Click HERE and HERE for additional information.

LTE and 5G are used for power systems all over ... just google for iec 61850 lte 3g ... you will be surprised ;-)

Click HERE to follow some discussion on remote monitoring and control ... if ever possible minimize the use of communication ... 

IEC 61850 (MMS) running over LTE

Giang T. Pham did some research on running IEC 61850 (MMS) over LTE. The result is a Master Thesis at the University of Twente:

“Integration of IEC 61850 MMS and LTE to support smart metering communications”

“… The objective of this research is to integrate IEC 61850 MMS and LTE to support communications between smart meters and the central meter data management system. The research includes a literature study of IEC 61850 MMS protocol, focusing on its requirements to support smart metering communication, and simulation-based performance evaluation of IEC 61850 MMS smart metering traffic over LTE network. …

… Since both MMS and LTE support the use of TCP/IP communication profile, the mapping of MMS over LTE to support remote control communication is feasible … the simulation results prove that the integration of IEC 61850 MMS and LTE is not only possible but also provides good performance in term of delay, throughput and packet loss.

Click HERE to download the Master Thesis [pdf].