Ideas for security related research for IPFS

For your queries

  1. DoS and InterPlanetary Storm Malware
  2. End to End Integrity.
  3. Confidentiality and availability can be addressed by following certain security protocols depending on your requirements.
  4. Only DDOS and Storm Malware but can be avoided using certain protocols.
  5. For malicious purposes? Not sure Or Not that I know of.
  6. Privacy cannot be guaranteed with any platform which you are using online.
  7. There are several threads related to this one
    IPNS Signature Authentication
  8. Just answered by @RubenKelevra