P2P file system makes it more difficult to detect and take down malicious content
Shared files are distributed to other systems that essentially operate as nodes in a networked file system. Those files can be accessed when needed and are retrieved from any other node on the network that has the content. In a centralized network, if a server is down or a link is broken, the data is not accessible.
Trustwave showed examples of how cybercriminals are abusing blockchain, Google, and cloud storage services to run their IPFS phishing attacks.The attacks start as other phishing campaigns do, with the criminals using social engineering techniques to coax victims into clicking on malicious IPFS links in phishing emails made to look like legitimate messages from companies like Azure or DHL.
At the same time,"the spammers can easily camouflage their activities by hosting their content in a legitimate web hosting services or use multiple URL redirection techniques to help thwart scanners using URL reputation or automated URL analysis," they wrote.
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