Going Dark: Terrorism on the Dark Web

Weimann, Gabriel

doi:10.1080/1057610x.2015.1119546

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“…Not all content on the dark web is necessarily or by definition illicit. Nonetheless, the concealment of such underground networks provides the ideal environment for illicit content (including child exploitation material), criminal organising (such as by terrorist or organised crime networks), and black markets (such as trading in malware and illicit drugs) (Martin 2014;Weimann 2016;Yip, Webber and Shadbolt 2013). A growing focus of cyber crime research has thus sought to identify and understand the nature and patterns of such online criminal social networks (Décary-Hétu and Dupont 2012;Holt 2013;Westlake and Bouchard 2016).…”

Section: A Brief History Of Computer and Cyber Criminologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

Stratton

Powell

Cameron

2017

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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The opportunities afforded through digital and communications technologies, in particular social media, have inspired a diverse range of interdisciplinary perspectives exploring how such advancements influence the way we live. Rather than positioning technology as existing in a separate space to society more broadly, the 'digital society' is a concept that recognises such technologies as an embedded part of the larger social entity and acknowledges the incorporation of digital technologies, media, and networks in our everyday lives (Lupton 2014), including in crime perpetration, victimisation and justice. In this article, we explore potential for an interdisciplinary concept of digital society to expand and inspire innovative crime and justice scholarship within an emerging field of 'digital criminology'. KeywordsCybercrime; cyber; virtual; digital society; digital criminology. Please cite this article as:

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Section: A Brief History Of Computer and Cyber Criminologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

Stratton

Powell

Cameron

2017

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…Darknet refers to a network that is encrypted and existing on internet which can be accessed only by using special browsers [7]. The research [33] proves 57% of content in darknet is illegal, whereas 47% of all Bitcoin transactions involve illegal trading on darknet [2]. So the deeper layers; deep web, dark web and darknet are mainly with the illegal content [33].…”

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Behavioral Analysis of Bitcoin Users on Illegal Transactions

Samsudeen¹,

Perera²,

Fernando³

2019

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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Bitcoin is a popular crypto currency that is used as a mode of investment and a medium for trading goods and services. Anonymity, security and decentralization are significant features of Bitcoin. This creates several opportunities for criminals to involve in illegal and fraudulent activities. This research study aimed to automate the process of gaining the interconnected illegal transactions from Bitcoin Blockchain; which also identified the behavioral patterns and significant facts among illegal incidents that are of varied nature. The motivation for choosing this study was lack of literature that covers illegal incidents that are of various natures. In addition, the lack of literature on spending patterns common to several illegal incidents is also one of the motivations. For this study, an inductive approach was carried out. Initially the illegal incident and transaction data extracted from publicly available sources were parsed into BlockSci. In BlockSci scripts were written to gain the details on related illegal incidents. In visualizing the relationship of derived interconnected transaction indexes, Gephi tool was used in which the most significant indexes were summarized for further interpretation of data. Thereafter, traversing data back in the Blockchain was the method used in deriving patterns and significant facts. Finally, the common patterns obtained were evaluated based on previous findings. Consequently, the study recognized common spending patterns and popular exchanges used.

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“…Despite the fact that these resources are beyond the reach of traditional search tools, they constitute an integral, natural part of the web [Ehney and Shorter 2016]. Darknet, Dark Web Chertoff and Simon 2015, Gehl 2016, Avarikioti et al 2018 Dark websites, Dark Web Maddox et al 2015, Gehl 2016 Deep Web sites He et al 2007 Deep Web Bergman 2001, Bradbury 2014, Dalins et al 2018 Deep Net, Invisible Web Lewandowski and Mayr 2006, He et al 2007, Chertoff and Simon 2015, Weimann 2016 Hidden Web, Indexable Web, Indexed Web Raghavan and Garcia-Molina 2000, Bergman 2001, He et al 2007 Hidden value on the Web Bergman 2001 Surface Web Bergman 2001, He et al 2007Undernet Chertoff and Simon 2015, Gehl 2016 The dark side of the Internet Kim et al 2011 Dark-web places Maddox et al 2015 Hidden services Hyperion Gray 2019…”

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Geoinformation in the Invisible Resources of the Internet

Król¹,

Krakowie²

2019

GLL

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The article presents an introduction to deliberations on the type and scope of information, including geoinformation, made available in the Deep Web and Dark Web. It has been shown that geoinformation is present in the Surface Web, although only a small fragment is available in the search results. In the search indexes, the main pages of specialised geoinformation portals, Internet maps and databases are typically made available. Most geoinformation is available on the Deep Web, which requires the use of specialized search engines or exploration of thematic maps. It was also pointed out that geoinformation contradicts the assumptions of the Dark Web. The Tor network, which is the basis of the Dark Web, was created to ensure anonymity and prevent location in space.

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Going Dark: Terrorism on the Dark Web

Cited by 114 publications

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Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

Behavioral Analysis of Bitcoin Users on Illegal Transactions

Geoinformation in the Invisible Resources of the Internet

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