Suspicious Network Traffic With IPFS (via proxy)

title: Suspicious Network Traffic With IPFS (via proxy)
id: d20970a4-6265-5227-bd33-da0f75f3105c
status: stable
description: This rule detects connections to interplanetary file system (IPFS) containing a user's email address which mirrors behaviours observed in recent phishing campaigns abusing IPFS to host credential harvesting webpages.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1056/
    - https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ipfs-abuse/
    - https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/IOCs/tree/80caca039988252fbb3f27a2e89c2f2917f582e0/2022/11
    - https://isc.sans.edu/diary/IPFS%20phishing%20and%20the%20need%20for%20correctly%20set%20HTTP%20security%20headers/29638
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-03
tags:
    - attack.collection
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1056
logsource:
    category: proxy
detection:
    selection:
        cs-uri|re: '(?i)(ipfs\.io/|ipfs\.io\s).+\..+@.+\.[a-z]+'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low