ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses the cybercriminal activities on the dark net. Cyberattacks are increasingly becoming more effective and also more challenging for authorities to trace where data and money stolen by cybercriminals disappear to. The dark net provides an almost ideal platform for cybercriminals to carry out their activities. Cybercriminals can buy exploit kits that they can use for attacks on the dark net. Cybercriminals will use the data to conduct further attacks against the people whose personal information is in the stolen data. The cybercriminals depend on payments from advertising companies either through the impressions the ad received or the number of clicks the ad got. When cybercriminals make money, they try as much as possible to reduce the traceability of the money. Money transfer leaves trails, and these can be used by law enforcement agencies to arrest the cybercriminals.