Detail publikace

Busting up Monopoly: Methods for Modern Darknet Marketplace Forensics

DOLEJŠKA, D. KOUTENSKÝ, M. VESELÝ, V. PLUSKAL, J.

Originální název

Busting up Monopoly: Methods for Modern Darknet Marketplace Forensics

Typ

článek v časopise ve Scopus, Jsc

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Darknet marketplaces represent the most delinquent evolution step in distributing illicit goods such as drugs, steroids, firearms, warez, or leaked personal information. On the one hand, law enforcement agencies try to catch vendors, buyers, and operators of darknet marketplaces. On the other hand, the criminals mentioned above constantly stretch the limits of overlay networks, applied cryptography, and cryptocurrency pseudonymity. This paper intends to provide relevant and up-to-date (for the year 2022) information about potential ways to deal with darknet marketplaces from the perspective of investigators. This paper outlines methods (based on periodic web scraping) that may help sworn officers to gather evidence about darknet marketplace users. The potential is demonstrated in a real-life case study of the Monopoly Market. For instance, suggested approaches seem capable: monitoring the demography and activities of darknet marketplace users, estimating the number of procurements and their value, and correlating user identities with their cryptocurrency addresses. The paper also provides an applicability analysis of proposed methods on the subset of currently trending darknet marketplaces.

Klíčová slova

dark market, illegal trade, market analytics, web scraping, crypto, cryptocurrency, dark marketplace, cryptomarket, Tor, overlay networks

Autoři

DOLEJŠKA, D.; KOUTENSKÝ, M.; VESELÝ, V.; PLUSKAL, J.

Vydáno

1. 10. 2023

ISSN

2666-2817

Periodikum

Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation

Ročník

46

Číslo

1

Stát

Spojené státy americké

Strany od

1

Strany do

11

Strany počet

11

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2023.301604

BibTex

@article{BUT185139,
  author="Daniel {Dolejška} and Michal {Koutenský} and Vladimír {Veselý} and Jan {Pluskal}",
  title="Busting up Monopoly: Methods for Modern Darknet Marketplace Forensics",
  journal="Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation",
  year="2023",
  volume="46",
  number="1",
  pages="1--11",
  doi="10.1016/j.fsidi.2023.301604",
  issn="2666-2817",
  url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2023.301604"
}