IPFS Recon
IPFS Recon offers OSINT reconnaissance on any file on IPFS for malware.
Project Description
Description
Ever wondered if the file you are about to download is safe? IPFS Recon let's you inspect any file on IPFS for viruses and malware.
Web3 is a young and fast moving space and suffers from hacks and exploits. While IPFS is a genius innovation, attackers are already using it to distribute malware. This pilot project demonstrates how files shared on IPFS can be inspected before downloading them.
Future work could include doing this on-chain by integrating security scans in the FileCoin Virtual Machine.
How it's Made
Reconnaissance
It hashes the file and checks it against a list of OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) sources. A report is generated with the results and warn the user if the file is malicious.
If the hash has not been sighted yet, the user can upload the file to VirusTotal to scan it for viruses and get a report in return.
All this from the browser without downloading the file to your computer.
Main Features:
- Inspect CID content if available ✅
- fetch the data into memory from IPFS through it's CID ✅
- Scan the file for viruses ✅
- Generate a report based on gethered OSINT ✅
