DARK WEB

Presented by ;
Shanza Jamil , Taskin Zahra , Shazia Muneer , Rabia Riaz , Taimiya Zahra
 WHAT IS IT?
• World Wide Web content that is not part of the Surface Web and is indexed by search
engines.
• Most content that is not readily accessible using standard means (i.e. search engines ).
• For example, web pages regarding private user accounts are in the deep web (Private Info).
• The Deep Web is the majority of online content, estimated to be 400-550 times larger than
the surface web.
 SURFACE WEB VS. DEEP WEB
Surface Web
• Entries are statically generated
• Linked Content (web crawled)
• Readily accessible through any
browser or search engine unlike
the Deep Web, which requires
special search engines,
browsers, and proxies to access.
Deep Web Dark Web
• Entries are dynamically
• the dark web is a
generated (submitted to a query component of the deep
or accessed via form). web that describes the
• Unlinked Content wider breadth of content
that does not appear
• Contextual Web through regular internet
• Private Web
• Scripted Content
• Non-HTML content
• Limited Access Content (anti-
robot protocols like CAPTCHA)
PHASE 0-1-2
OVER VIEW
 DEEP WEB USED BY THE
GOVERNMENT
• in august 2013, the US intercepted messages being sent amongst senior al
• qaeda officials
• ● US embassies were the target
• ● This was intercepted by the US government. 22 US embassies were shut
• down across the Middle East and North Africa as part of a counter effort
• ● Messages were sent through an anonymous email service
PHASES OF VISUALIZATION
 LEVEL 1- THE SURFACE WEB
• The web that the vast majority of internet users are accustomed to.
• Accessible in any nation that does not block internet access, even places like China and
Egypt.
• Social media sites like Facebook, informational websites like Wikipedia, general websites,
etc.
 LEVEL 2-THE BERGIE WEB
• BERGIE is line between in surface web and deep web
• The layer of the Surface Web that is blocked in some nations. Some other information is
only accessible through illegal means.
• Google locked results
• Recently web crawled old content
• Pirated Media
• Pornography
 LEVEL 3-THE DEEP WEB
• Requires a proxy to access.
• Contains most of the archived web pages of the 1990s Web that did not renew their domain
names and such.
• Government/Business/Collegiate Research.
• Hackers/Script Kiddies/Virus Information.
• Illegal and Obscene Content (CP, Gore, Suicides, etc.)
• Advanced covert government research.
• Human/Arms/Drug/Rare Animal Trafficking
• Assassination networks , bounty hunters, illegal game hunting, line of blood locations, etc
NEXT LEVEL _ DARK WEB
 HOW DO WE GET THERE?
• -need browser that masks our
• identity
• -need access to otherwise
• inaccessible parts of the web
 WHAT ARE THEY?
• Surface web is only about 19 TB in size
• The deep net has a whopping size
• of over 7500 TB !
 WHY USE THESE BROWSERS?
• Search engine crawlers do not pick up most resources including:
• ● Dynamic content: dynamic pages which are returned in response to a submitted query or
accessed only through a form
• ● Unlinked content: pages which are not linked to by other pages (ie backlinks or inlinks)
• ● Private Web: sites that require registration and login
• ● Limited access content: sites that limit access to their pages in a technical way
• ● Scripted content: pages that are only accessible through links produced in script (ex
javascript)
• ● Non-HTML/text content: textual content encoded in multimedia files
• ● Text content using the Gopher protocol and files hosted on irregular FTP
DARK WEB SERVICES
 PURCHASING ILLEGAL
ITEMS/SUBSTANCES
• millions of dollars of transactions made
• each year
• ● can purchase weapons, narcotics, credit
• cards, organs, hackers, hitmen, etc
• ● From February 6, 2011 to July 23, 2013
• roughly $1.2 billion in revenue and $79.8
• million in commissions were made through
• Silk Road alone
 SCAMS
• credit card frauds
• fake passports and ID
• Hitmen
• Stealing private and
• personal info
• exploitations
 LEAK OF SENSITIVE
INFORMATION
• Passwords *****
• Credit Cards #
• Photo contact
• Financial Transections
• Owner ship records
• Gov research
 HUMAN TRAFFICKING & ORGAN
DEALING
• Slaves can be bought and sold
• over the dark web
• ● Sites involving human
• experimentation
• ● Organs can also be purchased
• ● People can intentionally sell
• their organs
• ● amateur surgery kits
 PORNOGRAPHY - PROSTITUTION
• Services are provided discretely through the deep net
• more and more sites keep emerging
• 99% of the porn Sexual Sites are deal from Dark web .
 TERRORIST ACTIVITY
• the Deep net has always been considered a place of communication between terrorist groups
• Hitman services
• Widely regarded as a hoax
 LEGAL USES
• Whistleblowers
• ● Military
• ● Policy & Crime units
• ● Access to additional information
• ● Accessing websites not available
• to other countries.
• ● Everyday buying and selling
 UNDERGROUND JOURNALISTS
• Access for places with heavy censorship laws over the internet
• ● Obtaining information on the events occurring in other countries
• ● Cohort exchange of messages
• ● Private message sending within the country
• ● Information leaking concerning the states of other places
• ● Leaking of Classified information for betterment of someone
 IS THE DEEP NET / DARK NET
• YES
• There are much more safety precautions
• involved in using these deep web
browsers
• Example: masking IP address,
encryptions, etc.
• There are directories that you can use to
browse
• safely in the deep web
SAFE?
• No
• No matter how updated, browsers still have
• vulnerabilities that can be exploited
• ● Even just using your normal email or a regular
• username can have serious effects
• ● NEVER give up personal info, or credit card info
• ● Should be wary when making purchases etc.
• ● Provides additional security in terms of hacking
• and malware prevention
Thank You!