The dark web is an internet content that exists in the World Wide Web ecosystem but is only accessible through specific software/browser. The anonymity around dark web paves way to plenty of illegal activities leading to cyberattacks. Having a sound knowledge around dark web will act as an important skill for cybersecurity professionals.
The aims of this book are to provide a broad overview of emerging digital threats and computer crimes, with an emphasis on cyberstalking, hacktivism, fraud and identity theft, and attacks on critical infrastructure. The book also analyzes the online underground economy and digital currencies and cybercrime on the dark web. The book further explores how dark web crimes are conducted on the surface web in new mediums, such as IoT (Internet of Things) and peer-to-peer file sharing systems.
The reader will also be able to understand dark web forensics and mitigating techniques.
This book will start with the fundamentals of dark web along with explaining the threat landscape of dark net. The book will then introduce the Tor browser, which is used to access the dark web ecosystem. The book will continue to look on the deep dive into cybersecurity criminal activities in the dark net and will analyze the malpractices used to secure your system. Furthermore, the book will also dig deeper into forensics of dark web, web content analysis, and threat intelligence, IoT, crypto market, and cryptocurrencies. This book will act as a comprehensive guide for those who want to understand dark right from the scratch.
This book will help to understand/learn
The get up and running with the core concept of dark web.
Different theoretical and cross-disciplinary approaches of the dark web and also the evolution of the dark web in the context of emerging crime threats.
The forms of cybercriminal activity through dark web and the technological and “social engineering” methods used to undertake such crimes.
The behavior and role of offenders and victims in the dark web and analyze and assess the impact of cybercrime and effectiveness of their mitigating techniques on the various domain.
How to mitigate cyberattacks happening through dark web.
The dark web ecosystem with cutting edge areas like IoT, forensics, and threat intelligence and so on.
The dark web-related research and applications and up-to-date on the latest technologies and research findings in this area.
This book is targeted towards cybersecurity professionals or aspiring cybersecurity enthusiasts who want to upgrade their skills by understanding the concept of dark web. Your one-stop guide to intrude the dark web and build a cybersecurity plan.