Systematic Review of Session Hijacking Attacks on 5G Network

Abstract

Cyberattacks, such as session hijacking, are possible on computer networks, with attackers abusing the network's inherent vulnerability. This attack occurs when hacker takes over a user's session id and gains complete control of the system while the session is continuing. An adversary serving as a proxy can get unauthorized access to data and applications in systems/services/networks after obtaining the compromised session key or token. This research carried out a thorough examination of the activities of session hijacking attacks on computer networks which were published between 2017 and 2021 and focused more on 5G network. Different techniques adopted by hackers were examined and x-rayed and mitigation strategies are reported. In addition, the paper proposes a model that can be used to check the effect of session hijacking attacks on 5G network.