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What is the Dark Web?
The 2000s saw the emergence of a need for technologies to guarantee anonymity on the Internet. A few pioneers came up with the idea of creating a “network within the network”.
Communities on the Dark Web – Hackers
This anonymous environment is where hackers operate.
2022 figures for the dark web
We published our first quantitative evaluation of the Tor network in 2021 (see https://www.aleph-networks.eu/le-dark-web-en-chiffres/). In early 2022, we revisited this study to show how the network has evolved. There has been a dramatic change to Onion sites, as v2...
Marketplaces on the Dark Web (4/4) Rare Items and Urban Legends
Marketplaces on the Dark Web(4/4) Rare Items and Urban Legends After outlining the goods and services frequently sold on the dark web, we will now look at some less common categories.1 - Rare Items a) Rhodium for sale Besides standard merchandise like drugs and...
Marketplaces on the Dark Web (3/4)
Marketplaces on the Dark Web (3/4) Financial Transactions A major segment of the profit-seeking activities on the dark web is financial transactions (sale of stolen accounts, gift cards, cryptocurrency mixers, etc.). The dark web is teeming with offers that promise...
Marketplaces on the Dark Web (2/4)
Marketplaces on the Dark Web Forgeries Forgeries have pride of place among the products sold on the dark web. Few marketplaces do not contain one or more counterfeiters. The most common forgeries are fake banknotes, fake identity papers, a wide variety of fake...
Marketplaces on the Dark Web (1/4)
Marketplaces on the Dark Web(1/4) Weapon and Drug salesThe dark web is a place where all kinds of goods and services are sold. In this chapter, we will cover the most common ones, namely weapons, drugs, forgeries, and financial services. The last section will examine...
The Different Types of Sites on the Dark Web. 3/3
The Different Types of Sites on the Dark Web. 3/3 Unlike navigation on the clear web, the Tor network does not offer a guided pathway when the browser is launched. Traditional browsers embed the clear web’s main search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.). This...
The Different Types of Sites on the Dark Web. 2/3
The Different Types of Sites on the Dark Web. 2/3RepositoriesThe dark web contains many sites that host source code. The equivalent on the clear web is GitHub, an online management and hosting service for software development. The dark web also features its own...
The Different Types of Sites on the Dark Web.1/3
Though the dark web differs from the clear web in terms of its content, the form remains the same. There are seven basic types of websites on the dark web: forums and blogs e-commerce websites news sites libraries repositories file hosting sites (leaks, ransomware,...
Mirrors on the Dark Web 2/2
Mirrors on the Dark Web 1/2
As we mentioned, The Dark Web in Figures, around 70% of the total volume of active sites on the dark web comprises copies (mirrors) of around 60 sites. Here we will describe the concept of mirror sites and try to explain this mass mirroring phenomenon.A mirror is a...
Ransomware, data disclosure and malware-as-a-service on the Dark Web. 2/2
Analysing the victims of groups like Egregor (some of whose members were arrested in Ukraine in February 2021) reveals that ransomware operators do not just target big or world-renowned companies or institutions. While the victims do include major firms, attacks have...
Ransomware, Data Disclosure, and Malware-as-a-Service on the dark web 1/2
Following the Covid-19 health crisis, cybersecurity has become the cornerstone of our society. Cybersecurity systems must guarantee the resilience of government and health information systems and ensure that people can continue working remotely. 2020, a year of...
