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DarkCyber for August 14, 2018, Now Available

This week’s story line up includes... Some online drug statistics... how the Dark Web is changing ... a look at NC4’s Street Smart policeware ... and 3D printed firearms.


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Stephen E Arnold’s
Stephen E Arnold’s "Dark Web Notebook" provides an overview of the content, tools, and security challenges associated with Tor and Dark Web access.

Stephen E Arnold, author of Dark Web Notebook, “Encrypted chat poses two significant challenges to enforcement authorities. The first is the problem of encryption itself. Time and technological knowhow is needed to make sense of locked content. Complicating the problem is the sheet volume of messages flowing through popular encrypted messaging systems. For some countries, censorship and outright bans of these systems are expedient solutions.”

The DarkCyber video news program for August 14, 2018, is now available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress and on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/284579347 .

Stephen E Arnold’s DarkCyber is a weekly video news and analysis program about the Dark Web and lesser known Internet services.
This week’s program covers four Dark Web and security related stories.

The first story presents data about online drug sellers. The estimated number of vendors is in the 30,000 to 50,000 range. DarkCyber points out that such data are likely to be uncertain. Estimates of online sources for controlled substances are based on difficult-to-verify data. DarkCyber reports that as many as one half of the prescription drugs sold online may be fakes.

The second story reports that the Dark Web is changing. The shift from Tor-centric Web sites to encrypted chat and messaging systems is underway. Encrypted chat complicates the work of law enforcement and intelligence professionals. Plus, encrypted chat sessions can trigger mob actions which can spiral out of control and without warning. A lynching in India may be the direct result of forwarded encrypted chat messages. Stephen E Arnold, author of Dark Web Notebook, said: “Encrypted chat poses two significant challenges to enforcement authorities. The first is the problem of encryption itself. Time and technological knowhow is needed to make sense of locked content. Complicating the problem is the sheet volume of messages flowing through popular encrypted messaging systems. For some countries, censorship and outright bans of these systems are expedient solutions.”

The third story provides a snapshot of the NC4 policeware system Street Smart. A popular US magazine referenced the company without providing details about the system and its functions. DarkCyber explains that information about the software system are available on the NC4 Web site and in videos publicly available on YouTube.

The final story explains how 3D printing makes it comparatively easy for an individual to create what is called a “ghost gun.” The 3D printed weapon does not have an identification number, so tracing the gun is difficult. DarkCyber points out that copyright issues and regulations concerning the manufacture of weapons will consume time, money, and human resources.

About Stephen E Arnold

Stephen E Arnold is the author of “Dark Web Notebook” and “CyberOSINT: Next Generation Information Access.” This book describes some of the technologies used by GSR and Cambridge Analytica to acquire and analyze Facebook user data. He has been named as a technology adviser to the UK based Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Human Trafficking and Child Sex Abuse.” Mr. Arnold also lectures to law enforcement and intelligence professionals who will be attending the September 2018 Telestrategies ISS conference in Washington, DC, in September 2018. In recent months, he has shared his research with law enforcement and intelligence professionals in the US and Europe. His most recent lectures focus on deanonymizing chat and digital currency transactions. One hour and full day programs are available via webinars and on-site presentations. He publishes the free Web log “Beyond Search,” which is available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress.


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