Australian National University (ANU), Institute of Advanced Studies, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet), Students
This is an overview of current trends in online illicit crypto-markets or dark-nets, including the key role of virtual crypto-currencies in their operation. The focus is on the different kinds of digital products that are found in these on-line ‘dark markets’. Primary data was collected from relevant websites accessed via The Onion Router (Tor). Tor allows anonymous encrypted communication between web-sites, and data capture over several months from one of the largest crypto-markets currently active - Dream Market enabled a description of short-term trends in the different malware products and their costs as available in underground or ‘dark-net’ crypto-markets.
Broadhurst, Roderic and Lord, David and Maxim, Donald and Woodford-Smith, Hannah and Johnston, Corey and Chung, Ho Woon and Carroll, Samara and Trivedi, Harshit and Sabol, Bianca, Malware Trends on ‘Darknet’ Crypto-Markets: Research Review (August 6, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3226758 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3226758
Australian National University (ANU), Institute of Advanced Studies, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet), Students ( email )
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