Coordinated cellular network attack detection and mitigation

Network equipment comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• sending instructions to multiple user equipment within a defined geographic area, wherein the instructions enable the multiple user equipment to scan for potential attacks;
• receiving scan reports from the multiple user equipment, wherein the scan reports comprise results of scans responsive to the instructions;
• analyzing aggregated scan report information from the scan reports to identify a malicious code;
• and
• sending short message service messages to the multiple user equipment, wherein the short message service messages enable at least one security operation to disable the malicious code at the multiple user equipment.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network node, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• sending instructions to multiple user equipment within a defined geographic area, wherein the instructions enable the multiple user equipment to scan for potential attacks;
• receiving scan reports from the multiple user equipment, wherein the scan reports comprise results of scans responsive to the instructions;
• analyzing aggregated scan report information from the scan reports to identify a malicious code;
• and
• sending short message service messages to the multiple user equipment, wherein the short message service messages enable at least one security operation to disable the malicious code at the multiple user equipment.