A Survey of the Dark Web and Dark Market Research

• Published in: 2020 IEEE 6th International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC) pp. 1694 - 1705
• Main Authors: Zhang, Hengrui, Zou, Futai
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 11.12.2020
• Subjects: attack and defense of anonymous; Communication systems; component; Conferences; dark web; dark web crawler; dark web data mining; Data mining; Encryption; hidden service; tor; understanding dark jargons
• DOI: 10.1109/ICCC51575.2020.9345271

The Dark Web is a web-based content based on anonymous communication systems that protects users and protects anonymity through technologies such as traffic encryption, obfuscation, and forwarding. Due to the strong protection of anonymity, the Dark Web has gradually become the main channel for the sale and distribution of harmful content and banned items. The limited web-site coverage in the Dark Web, outdated stale data, and the lack of comprehensive and in-depth analysis and research motivated us to conduct an in-depth Dark Web research. On this basis, this article analyzes and summarizes the current status of Dark Web communication technology, Dark Web research methods and research status, and discusses the challenges of Dark Web re-search.