The investigation of the possibility of automated collection of information in the hidden segment of the Internet

Levin, Andrey I.; Voronov, Igor A.

doi:10.1109/eiconrus.2018.8317031

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“…The investigation of the possibility of automated collection of information in the hidden segment of the Internet [53] No ACN, like I2P, Freenet, Lokinet, or I2P.…”

Section: Title Reference Reason For Exclusion Big Data Methods and Th...mentioning

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“…However, during the data extraction phase, there were seven articles that were not relevant that were included; these were articles that concerned crawling, but not on the dark web as in [55] and [4], or using a different definition of the dark web that does not mean anonymous communication network, such as I2P, Freenet, Lokinet, as in [102], [53] and [29]. Additionally, studies that used the Tor network and crawlers separately, as in [73] were excluded.…”

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Exploring Dark Web Crawlers: A Systematic Literature Review of Dark Web Crawlers and Their Implementation

Bergman

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2023

IEEE Access

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Strong encryption algorithms and reliable anonymity routing have made cybercrime investigation more challenging. Hence, one option for law enforcement agencies (LEAs) is to search through unencrypted content on the Internet or anonymous communication networks (ACNs). The capability of automatically harvesting web content from web servers enables LEAs to collect and preserve data prone to serve as potential leads, clues, or evidence in an investigation. Although scientific studies have explored the field of web crawling soon after the inception of the web, few research studies have thoroughly scrutinised web crawling on the "dark web" or via ACNs such as I2P, IPFS, Freenet, and Tor. The current paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) that examines the prevalence and characteristics of dark web crawlers. From a selection of 58 peer-reviewed articles mentioning crawling and the dark web, 34 remained after excluding irrelevant articles. The literature review showed that most dark web crawlers were programmed in Python, using either Selenium or Scrapy as the web scraping library. The knowledge gathered from the systematic literature review was used to develop a Tor-based web crawling model into an already existing software toolset customised for ACN-based investigations. Finally, the performance of the model was examined through a set of experiments. The results indicate that the developed crawler was successful in scraping web content from both clear and dark web pages, and scraping dark marketplaces on the Tor network. The scientific contribution of this paper entails novel knowledge concerning ACN-based web crawlers. Furthermore, it presents a model for crawling and scraping clear and dark websites for the purpose of digital investigations. The conclusions include practical implications of dark web content retrieval and archival, such as investigation clues and evidence, and the related future research topics.INDEX TERMS cybercrime, digital forensics, systematic literature review, dark web crawling, Tor

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“…The investigation of the possibility of automated collection of information in the hidden segment of the Internet [53] No ACN, like I2P, Freenet, Lokinet, or I2P.…”

Section: Title Reference Reason For Exclusion Big Data Methods and Th...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: E Data Extraction Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Dark Web Crawlers: A Systematic Literature Review of Dark Web Crawlers and Their Implementation

Bergman

Popov

2023

IEEE Access

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The investigation of the possibility of automated collection of information in the hidden segment of the Internet

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Exploring Dark Web Crawlers: A Systematic Literature Review of Dark Web Crawlers and Their Implementation

Exploring Dark Web Crawlers: A Systematic Literature Review of Dark Web Crawlers and Their Implementation

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