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Dark web

As explained in Grokking Web Application Security

The dark web is a set of internet services intentionally hidden from ordinary indexing and typically accessed through anonymizing networks.

The dark web is an underground economy of sites where criminals can resell stolen data, credit-card numbers, vulnerabilities, and compromised servers. Access requires the Tor browser, which anonymizes users and makes these markets difficult for law enforcement to disrupt. section 1.1

Treat the dark web as part of the financial motive behind cybercrime:

  • Stolen information and compromised infrastructure can be sold to other attackers. section 1.1
  • Cryptocurrency payments are difficult to trace, supporting illicit transactions. section 1.1
  • Ransomware complements this market by extracting cryptocurrency directly from victims. section 1.1

How Grokking Web Application Security covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the marketplace through its goods, cryptocurrency payments, Tor access, and disruption difficulty without technical network internals.
Examples
Uses stolen data, credit-card numbers, vulnerabilities, and compromised servers as market goods.
What you can do after
Evaluate/understand how criminal resale markets and hard-to-trace payments support financially motivated attacks.
How it connects
Connects cybercrime with stolen data, vulnerabilities, compromised servers, cryptocurrencies, Tor browser, and ransomware.
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