peerjacking
Peerjacking is a term used to describe the manipulation or hijacking of interactions and trust relationships among peers in a network in order to gain unauthorized access, influence, or to disseminate content. It commonly involves exploiting the established trust between participants in peer-to-peer systems, collaborative platforms, or social networks, where peer relationships are used to authorize actions or share resources.
Common mechanisms are high-level: social engineering to obtain credentials from a trusted peer; session hijacking that
Contexts and impact: In peer-to-peer software, a compromised peer can introduce malicious content or access others'
Prevention and detection: Strengthen authentication and session management, use encryption and cryptographic identity verification, apply least-privilege
Legal and ethical considerations: Peerjacking is typically illegal under computer misuse, privacy, and data protection laws,