Influence of COVID-19 Epidemic on Dark Web Contents

The Dark Web is known as a place triggering a variety of criminal activities. Anonymization techniques enable illegal operations, leading to the loss of confidential information and its further use as bait, a trade product or even a crime tool. Despite technical progress, there is still not enough a...

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Autores principales:	Abdul Razaque, Bakhytzhan Valiyev, Bandar Alotaibi, Munif Alotaibi, Saule Amanzholova, Aziz Alotaibi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Dark Net Dark Web COVID-19 data collection Electronics TK7800-8360
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:faca66dca0d645cfaa43fc6e8153b8cf2021-11-25T17:24:20ZInfluence of COVID-19 Epidemic on Dark Web Contents10.3390/electronics102227442079-9292https://doaj.org/article/faca66dca0d645cfaa43fc6e8153b8cf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/22/2744https://doaj.org/toc/2079-9292The Dark Web is known as a place triggering a variety of criminal activities. Anonymization techniques enable illegal operations, leading to the loss of confidential information and its further use as bait, a trade product or even a crime tool. Despite technical progress, there is still not enough awareness of the Dark Web and its secret activity. In this study, we introduced the Dark Web Enhanced Analysis (DWEA) in order to analyze and gather information about the content accessed on the Dark Net based on data characteristics. The research was performed to identify how the Dark Web has been influenced by recent global events, such as the COVID-19 epidemic. The research included the usage of a crawler, which scans the network and collects data for further analysis with machine learning. The result of this work determines the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on the Dark Net.Abdul RazaqueBakhytzhan ValiyevBandar AlotaibiMunif AlotaibiSaule AmanzholovaAziz AlotaibiMDPI AGarticleDark NetDark WebCOVID-19data collectionElectronicsTK7800-8360ENElectronics, Vol 10, Iss 2744, p 2744 (2021)
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description	The Dark Web is known as a place triggering a variety of criminal activities. Anonymization techniques enable illegal operations, leading to the loss of confidential information and its further use as bait, a trade product or even a crime tool. Despite technical progress, there is still not enough awareness of the Dark Web and its secret activity. In this study, we introduced the Dark Web Enhanced Analysis (DWEA) in order to analyze and gather information about the content accessed on the Dark Net based on data characteristics. The research was performed to identify how the Dark Web has been influenced by recent global events, such as the COVID-19 epidemic. The research included the usage of a crawler, which scans the network and collects data for further analysis with machine learning. The result of this work determines the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on the Dark Net.
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title	Influence of COVID-19 Epidemic on Dark Web Contents
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Influence of COVID-19 Epidemic on Dark Web Contents

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