June 15, 2015
By K.K. Abdul Rahoof
Hyderabad: Like the FBI the TS cyber crime cops (click here) are on a mission to survey the dark side of the Internet where international cyber criminals rule the roost.
By K.K. Abdul Rahoof
Hyderabad: Like the FBI the TS cyber crime cops (click here) are on a mission to survey the dark side of the Internet where international cyber criminals rule the roost.
“Deep
Web” or Dark Web has made its presence felt in Indian metros including
Hyderabad with several covert illegal deals in child pornography,
weapons, drugs and even hiring of killers being carried out by Indians.
When
the FBI busted Silk Road, a popular Deep Web website, it was found that
it had several Indian customers. Cyber crime officials say that since
Hyderabad is a major IT hub an efficient surveillance system is
necessary.
Cyber crime officials are
constantly monitoring the Deep Web. “Absolute anonymity and encrypted
data are the main features here. It’s not at all easy to track users.
However, we are examining ways to build surveillance capabilities,” said
an official from the cyber crime police station of Cyberabad.
Cyber
experts say Deep Web is a part of the Internet that cannot be accessed
through standard search engines. It can only be accessed by search
engines like Tor. Users have password-protected or dynamic pages and
encrypted networks to surf the Deep Web. In US there is a parallel
market, notorious for drug trafficking, on the Deep Web. Many illegal
products are sold in this way.
A few
months ago, a private cyber crime consultant came across two strange
teenage suicides in the city. “When we looked into the suicides it was
found that the teenagers had used Tor in their computers and had watched
several suicide videos. We think they must have got inspired after
subscribing to it,” said Mr Sandeep Mudalkar, CEO of Sytech Labs. He
added that there could be a few users in Hyderabad who might be active
customers.
An anonymous major player
in Deep Web, known by the pseudonym "HeadOfHydra", had declared in one
of the forums that most illegal vendors on Deep Web had customers in
India. “We are searching for a Hindi/English-speaking staffer. We plan
to have localised markets for countries like India, China and Brazil,”
the post said....
A free book on Google addresses the dark web.
"Dark Web: Exploring and Data Mining the Dark Side of the Web" by Hsinchun Chen
The illustration is from page 349.
A free book on Google addresses the dark web."Dark Web: Exploring and Data Mining the Dark Side of the Web" by Hsinchun Chen
The illustration is from page 349.
