
Paulo Pereira, PhD/DFIR
“Oh I've just come
From the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
Your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God”
(Love Vigilantes, New Order)
Introduction
In a world in which data privacy is at risk due to the collection of data that various internet services (Google, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, among others) carry out, the Dark Web appears as a space that tries to guarantee anonymity. On the one hand, this allows illicit activities, and on the other hand, it guarantees two or more people can exchange messages without being monitored or having their data collected by these services.
It's incredible that you, for example, use Instagram and have your data collected by third parties, or even that you use your Gmail account to access LinkedIn and, shortly afterwards, receive a suspicious email in your Gmail account with some phishing posing as LinkedIn. There are illegal things on the Dark Web, but anonymity is not one of them.
Dark Web investigation is a war. DFIR Investigators and Law Enforcement professionals are vigilant soldiers working every day to find evidence of illicit activity in this internet zone. Investigating the Dark Web poses major challenges for digital forensics because it is a region in which there is, first and foremost, a need to protect people persecuted by governments around the world. However, secondly, the Dark Web brings....
Author

- Paulo Pereira is an independent malware analyst, Cyber Security Professional, EXIN Instructor.
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