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New 5G attack discovered.

Researchers built #Sni5Gect, a tool that can hijack the 5G handshake, crash phones, or silently downgrade them to 4G — no fake cell tower needed. #CyberSecurity #CyberAlerts #smartphone https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/new-sni5gect-attack-crashes-phones-and.html

Sni5Gect attack downgrades 5G to 4G via unencrypted messages, with 90% injection success rate.

The Hacker News

🚨 New research reveals #SNI5GECT, a powerful open-source tool that can sniff & inject messages into 5G pre-authentication traffic without rogue towers! It enables 5G downgrades, DoS, and identity leaks within 20m. A serious wake-up call for 5G security ⚠️🔓📶 Read more: https://cyberinsider.com/new-sni5gect-attacks-bypass-5g-security-without-rogue-towers/ #Cybersecurity #5GSecurity #Infosec #newz

A powerful open-source framework called SNI5GECT can sniff and inject messages into pre-authentication 5G NR communication.

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