Network security system including a multi-dimensional domain name system to protect against cybersecurity threats

A security system comprising:

• a data processor;
• and
• a memory including instructions which, when executed by the data processor, cause the security system to:
• store an indication of a cybersecurity threat in a database of a Domain Name System (DNS) that is communicatively coupled to a 5G network;
• detect the cybersecurity threat associated with network traffic routed via the 5G network;
• resolve, with the DNS, an IP address or a URL of the network traffic to determine a source or a destination of the cybersecurity threat;
• map the cybersecurity threat to the IP address or the URL of the source or the destination of the network traffic;
• and
• protect a wireless device susceptible to the cybersecurity threat by processing subsequent network traffic of the IP address or the URL in accordance with a security procedure.

A method of preventing cyberattacks in a 5G network, the method comprising:

• analyzing vulnerabilities and risks applicable to one or more network entities to identify cybersecurity threats to the one or more network entities,
• wherein the one or more network entities are associated with wireless devices communicatively coupled to the 5G network;
• determining risk levels of the cybersecurity threats;
• storing indications of the cybersecurity threats and the risk levels of the cybersecurity threats in a database of a Domain Name System (DNS) that is communicatively coupled to the 5G network;
• monitoring, by a computing resource of the 5G network, network traffic routed via the 5G network for the cybersecurity threats;
• in response to the network traffic relating to one of the cybersecurity threats being resolved by the DNS, mapping the one of the cybersecurity threats to an IP address or a URL of the network traffic;
• and
• protecting the one or more network entities from the one of the cybersecurity threats by blocking or inspecting, by a Session Management Function (SMF) of the 5G network, the traffic being routed to or from the IP address or the URL.