The dark web: cyber-security intelligence gathering opportunities, risks and rewards
Abstract
We offer a partial articulation of the threats and opportunities posed by the so-called Dark Web (DW). We go on to propose a novel DW attack detection and prediction model. Signalling aspects are considered wherein the DW is seen to comprise a low cost signaling environment. This holds inherent dangers as well as rewards for investigators as well as those with criminal intent. Suspected DW perpetrators typically act entirely in their own self-interest (e.g. illicit financial gain, terrorism, propagation of extremist views, extreme forms of racism, pornography, and politics; so-called 'radicalisation'). DWinvestigators therefore need to be suitably risk aware such that the construction of a credible legally admissible, robust evidence trail does not expose investigators to undue operational or legal risk.Citation
Epiphaniou G, French T, Maple C (2014) 'The dark web: cyber-security intelligence gathering opportunities, risks and rewards', Journal of Computing and Information Technology, 22, pp.21-30.Publisher
University of ZagrebAdditional Links
http://161.53.78.90/index.php/CIT/article/view/2282Type
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enISSN
1330-1136ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2498/cit.1002282
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