What is Dark web?

We might have heard that dark-web is a place where bad or illegal things happen but it is not entirely true. Dark-web is also a kind of normal web which is hidden in the internet from public access, it requires a network called Tor to access it .Tor stands for The Onion Router and the network makes dark-web more secure and anonymous on the internet.

Note: This blog is made only for educational purposes

As the name suggests Dark web is embedded deep inside the internet using Tor protocols and we require a Tor connection and a special browser to access websites hosted in the dark web.

Dark websites doesn’t have domain names like google.com instead a domain name like http://juhanurmihxlp77nkq76byazcldy2hlmovfu2epvl5ankdibsot4csyd.onion/ this .onion URL routes to a famous search engine called Ahmia in the dark web.

Dark-web is like an ocean of both good and bad things . The only advantage of being on Tor is the anonymity of the user browsing in the network .It is also secure in a way but one should be knowing how to work with Tor networks and avoid being attacked by any hacker.

Dark-web has become a place for all kind of hackers who are available to be hired.

Hackers can attack any organization and then leak all their data through blogs in the dark web. All kinds of attacks are performed like Ransomware, Trojan horse, phishing , denial of service, man in middle attacks or compromising a computer. Upon client requirements they can send the entire data to them or they can give access to the victims system through any reverse shell or SSH service.

These images are from a dark web site

I won’t be sharing the onion address of these sites, because these sites could be dangerous to access without any proper knowledge about the dark web.

The bad part of dark web involves selling illegal things like cocaine, morphine and other drugs which are illegal in many part of the world.

Weapons , machines, technology is also sold on dark web, weapons like machine guns, different rifles, shotguns even rocket launcher and bazooka is sold.

Payments are done through cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana etc..

they don’t allow credit cards or other type of digital bank transfers as these are vulnerable towards identity and anonymity. Cryptocurrencies are perfect as transactions are more secured and anonymous with Block-chain technology.

The good things of using dark web can be surfing the internet anonymously without being tracked or identified by ISP providers, government agencies or any other organization. There are also some good people in the dark web where education content, software and various services are made free and open source .Some people are even working towards exposing various scams and illegal things done by powerful people in the world.

To use Tor effectively we have an operating system called Tails which is very secure and non-persistent in nature and very helpful in being anonymous.

Stay tuned for upcoming blog on tails Usage and installation!