Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.chiefgyk3d.com/@chiefgyk3d" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chiefgyk3d</span></a></span> granted, IPFS has it's own URL and there are just few IPFS relays like <a href="https://ipfs.io" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ipfs.io</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><ul><li>OFC using IPFS to host and distribute malware is nothing new. Unlike abusing Filehosters like MEGA, <a href="https://oshi.at" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">oshi.at</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, et. al. there isn't like a central AbuseReport thingy where you can just say <em>"malware"</em>, link a VirusTotal report to it and call it a day.</li></ul><p>And to answer <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wedistribute.org/users/damon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>damon</span></a></span>'s question: </p><ul><li>Akamai is a classic CDN and whilst very expensive, it's reliable <em>and</em> still cheaper than using Ethereum or any other Blockchain to store data on, but since he's a CryptoBro, he just vomited into my mentions and then dipped like a coward...</li></ul><p><a href="https://social.wedistribute.org/objects/bf2aab09-d3b0-4cd2-b382-0ae1db6db0fc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.wedistribute.org/object</span><span class="invisible">s/bf2aab09-d3b0-4cd2-b382-0ae1db6db0fc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPFS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FileHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileHosting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AbuseReporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseReporting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Akamai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Akamai</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDN</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ehtereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ehtereum</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataStorage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a></p>