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Combating Crime on the Dark Web

By : Nearchos Nearchou
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Combating Crime on the Dark Web

By: Nearchos Nearchou

Overview of this book

In today’s world, the crime-prevention landscape is impossible to navigate. The dark web means new frontiers of combat against bad actors that pop up daily. Everyone from narcotics dealers to human traffickers are exploiting the dark web to evade authorities. If you want to find your feet in this tricky terrain and fight crime on the dark web, take this comprehensive, easy-to-follow cyber security guide with you. Combating Crime on the Dark Web contains everything you need to be aware of when tackling the world of the dark web. Step by step, you’ll gain acumen in the tactics that cybercriminals are adopting and be equipped with the arsenal of strategies that are available to you as a cybersecurity specialist. This cyber security book ensures that you are well acquainted with all the latest techniques to combat dark web criminality. After a primer on cybercrime and the history of the dark web, you’ll dive right into the main domains of the dark web ecosystem, reaching a working understanding of how drug markets, child pornography, and human trafficking operate. Once well-versed with the functioning of criminal groups, you’ll be briefed on the most effective tools and methods being employed by law enforcement, tech companies, and others to combat such crimes, developing both a toolkit and a mindset that can help you stay safe from such criminal activities and can be applied in any sector or domain. By the end of this book, you’ll be well prepared to begin your pushback against the criminal elements of the dark web.

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
Conventions used
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Part 1:Introduction to Cybercrime and Dark Web’s History
Part 1:Introduction to Cybercrime and Dark Web’s History
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cybercrime
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cybercrime
Classification of major cybercrimes
Dark Web access tools
Summary
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Chapter 2: An Introduction to the Dark Web
Chapter 2: An Introduction to the Dark Web
History of the Dark Web
The TOR browser and other Dark Web technologies
The use of cryptocurrencies on the Dark Web
Summary
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Part 2:The Dark Web’s Ecosystem and Major Crimes
Part 2:The Dark Web’s Ecosystem and Major Crimes
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Chapter 3: Drug Markets on the Dark Web
Chapter 3: Drug Markets on the Dark Web
Drug markets’ ecosystem
What enables transactions between buyers and sellers
Ways law enforcement, the private sector, and the public fight Dark Web drug markets
The impact of the Dark Web on drug trafficking
Summary
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Chapter 4: Child Pornography on the Dark Web
Chapter 4: Child Pornography on the Dark Web
Child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation terms
Offenders’ behaviors, tactics, and methods
Efforts to reduce child abuse on the Dark Web
Summary
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Chapter 5: Human Trafficking on the Dark Web
Chapter 5: Human Trafficking on the Dark Web
Types of human trafficking
Offenders’ behaviors, tactics, and methods
Efforts to mitigate Dark Web human trafficking
Summary
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Chapter 6: Cyberterrorism on the Dark Web
Chapter 6: Cyberterrorism on the Dark Web
What is terrorism?
Why do terrorists use the Dark Web?
How do terrorists operate on the Dark Web?
Countering Dark Web terrorism
Summary
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Part 3:Efforts to Combat Crimes on the Dark Web
Part 3:Efforts to Combat Crimes on the Dark Web
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Chapter 7: Efforts for Combating Crime on the Dark Web
Chapter 7: Efforts for Combating Crime on the Dark Web
Law enforcement techniques
Tools for combating crime on the Dark Web
Recommendations
General needs and challenges
Summary
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Chapter 8: System for Combating Crime on the Dark Web
Chapter 8: System for Combating Crime on the Dark Web
Problem identification
Problem handling
The feasibility of creating a universal system
Steps to creating a system
Final system proposal
Centralized system design – IDH
Summary
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Chapter 9: Discussion and Evaluation
Chapter 9: Discussion and Evaluation
Structure of the research
Overview of the research
Final tips on how to use the Dark Web
Summary
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Index
Index
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An Introduction to Cybercrime

The internet is widely regarded as the epitome of never-ending innovation and creativity. It is considered the most fascinating, wild, and phenomenal creation in the history of humanity. According to a study, 95 percent of all the world’s information is digitized and accessible on the internet. If you even begin to think about how big the internet is, your brain might start to hurt. One way to answer this question is to consider the total amount of data held by the biggest online service providers (SPs)—that is, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. Science Focus estimates that these tech giants collectively store at least 1,200 petabytes of data. That is 1.2 million terabytes, which is equal to approximately 1,200,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (Mitchell, 2021).

If information is power in the digital/online age (and it is), then Google has the right to claim that it is the most influential company in the world. It dominates almost every sector it is getting into, as it has collected, digitized, arranged, and presented more information than any other company in the world’s history. According to reports, Google owns more than 90 percent of the worldwide search market. More than 2 trillion Google searches are made every year (BroadbandSearch, 2021). To put this in perspective, that works out to more than 5 billion searches every day, 228 million every hour, 3 million every minute, and 63,000 every second.

This chapter gives an overview of the broad research, with a particular focus on cybercrime and the Dark Web. Understanding what cybercrime is, the various types, and how to protect yourself from it will help to keep our society running and stay safe online. Subsequently, the chapter briefly discusses two popular Dark Web access tools (The Onion Router (TOR) browser and the Invisible Internet Project (I2P)). Specifically, this chapter covers the following topics:

  • Classification of major cybercrimes
  • Types of cyberattacks
  • Evolution of cybercrime
  • The internet’s three primary levels
  • Dark Web access tools
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