Mobile Cyber Forensic Investigations of Web3 Wallets on Android and iOS by Mohammad Meraj Mirza, Akif Ozer, Umit Karabiyik

“…Today, cryptocurrencies are used as a popular method of payment online; however, their popularity on the dark Web is also increasing. For example, they can be used to buy and perform various illegal activities among criminals due to their anonymity. …”
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世界金流新秩序 ── FATF虛擬資產規範及 我國法制面整體建議 The New Order of World Money Flow ―The Virtual Assets Requirements of FATF and Suggestions of the Overall Legal Regulations... by 魏至潔 Chih-Chieh Wei

“…防制洗錢金融行動工作組織（Financial Action Task Force, FATF）是全球洗錢防制與打擊資恐國際規範的制定者，在2018 年至2019 年之際，就已提醒犯罪者喜歡使用虛擬貨幣進行暗網（Dark Web）黑市交易、買賣甚至洗錢的趨勢，FATF 遂於2019 年及2020 年陸續發布虛擬資產指引及虛擬資產紅旗指標等文件，希冀成為全球各國對於虛擬資產的監理及各國執法單位追查的依歸，並要求世界各國最遲應在2021 年完成虛擬資產監管法規之內國法化，顯示FATF 亟欲掌握虛擬資產這看不見的數字金流。…”
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Acute DOB and PMA Administration Impairs Motor and Sensorimotor Responses in Mice and Causes Hallucinogenic Effects in Adult Zebrafish by Micaela Tirri, Luisa Ponzoni, Sabrine Bilel, Raffaella Arfè, Daniela Braida, Mariaelvina Sala, Matteo Marti

“…Among these, 2, 5-dimetoxy-4-bromo-amphetamine (DOB) and paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA; marketed as “ecstasy”) are frequently purchased on the dark web and consumed for recreational purposes during rave/dance parties. …”
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نظم انتاج المعرفة على الويب: دراسة تطبيقية للمعالجة الدلالية لجزيئات المعرفة في محركات البحث by سيد ربيع سيد ابراهيم ابراهيم

“…وعليه، فإن الويب تحوي محتويات معرفية داخل مواد المعلومات تشمل معارف متداخلة وتكميلية حول الكيانات المعرفية (الموضوعات، أو الأشخاص، أو المؤسسات، أو الدول، أو الأحداث) على وسائطٍ ومنصاتٍ من الويب، الويب الاجتماعية، أو قواعد البيانات Deep Web أو على شبكة الويب المظلمة Dark Web. بل ويمكن أن يُعاد تفكيك الجزئيات المعرفية أو المفردات الدلالية لهذه الكيانات وإعادة ترتيبها وتركيبها مرةً أخرى مكونةً كيانات معرفية ذات هياكل وبنية جديدة تعكس توجهات مختلفة عن تلك التي وردت في سياقها. …”
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SIGNIFICANCE deep learning based platform to fight illicit trafficking of Cultural Heritage goods by Eva Savina Malinverni, Dante Abate, Antonia Agapiou, Francesco Di Stefano, Andrea Felicetti, Marina Paolanti, Roberto Pierdicca, Primo Zingaretti

“…Notably, the infrastructure supports algorithm modelling and training, as well as web, dark web and social media scraping and data classification. …”
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Enhanced threat intelligence framework for advanced cybersecurity resilience by Moutaz Alazab, Ruba Abu Khurma, Maribel García-Arenas, Vansh Jatana, Ali Baydoun, Robertas Damaševičius

“…This article presents a novel multi-layered architecture for threat intelligence that integrates diverse data streams, including corporate network logs, open-source intelligence, and dark web monitoring, to offer a comprehensive overview of the cybersecurity threat landscape. …”
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Drug Abuse Ontology to Harness Web-Based Data for Substance Use Epidemiology Research: Ontology Development Study by Usha Lokala, Francois Lamy, Raminta Daniulaityte, Manas Gaur, Amelie Gyrard, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Ugur Kursuncu, Amit Sheth

“…The ontology is recurrently updated to capture evolving concepts in different contexts and applied to analyze data related to social media and dark web marketplaces. ConclusionsThe DAO provides a powerful framework and a useful resource that can be expanded and adapted to a wide range of substance use and mental health domains to help advance big data analytics of web-based data for substance use epidemiology research.…”
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A New Framework for Fraud Detection in Bitcoin Transactions Through Ensemble Stacking Model in Smart Cities by Noor Nayyer, Nadeem Javaid, Mariam Akbar, Abdulaziz Aldegheishem, Nabil Alrajeh, Mohsin Jamil

“…Bitcoin has a reputation of being used for unlawful activities, such as money laundering, dark web transactions, and payments for ransomware in the context of smart cities. …”
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On combating online radicalisation: a framework for cybercrime investigations by Nouh, MA

“…Criminals have easy access to advanced technical abilities that they need to carry their attacks, using what is called crime-as-a-service, from the dark web and online black markets. Similarly, the nature of cybercrimes has generated multitudes of data introduced by the “cyber” aspect of these crimes, which makes the process of identifying evidence similar to searching for a needle in a haystack. …”

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO FIGHT ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF CULTURAL PROPERTY by D. Abate, D. Abate, A. Agapiou, K. Toumbas, A. Lampropoulos, K. Petrides, R. Pierdicca, M. Paolanti, F. Di Stefano, A. Felicetti, E. S. Malinverni, P. Zingaretti

“…In this context, the SIGNIFICANCE project (Stop Illicit Heritage Trafficking with Artificial Intelligence) has been specifically designed to increase the response capabilities of public authorities and police corps against the illicit trafficking of cultural goods perpetrated through internet channels (i.e., social platforms, web, and dark web). By leveraging the power of Deep Learning (DL), AI can help prevent the loss of invaluable cultural artifacts and ensure that they are returned to their rightful owners and places of origin. …”
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SIGNIFICANCE. STOP ILLICIT HERITAGE TRAFFICKING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by D. Abate, M. Paolanti, M. Paolanti, R. Pierdicca, A. Lampropoulos, K. Toumbas, A. Agapiou, S. Vergis, E. Malinverni, K. Petrides, A. Felicetti, P. Zingaretti

“…The EU funded SIGNIFICANCE project (Stop Illicit heritaGe traffickiNg wIth artiFICiAl iNtelligenCE) has been designed to boost LEAs investigation capabilities in monitoring online illegal activities on social media platforms, the web and the dark web for the identification of cultural property crimes, exploiting Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning algorithms for guaranteeing the successful prosecution of perpetrators unveiling criminal networks.…”
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Association of Drugs for Sale on the Internet and Official Health Indicators: Darknet Parsing and Correlational Study by Sergey Soshnikov, Svetlana Bekker, Bulat Idrisov, Vasiliy Vlassov

“…ObjectiveWe aimed to use the dark web data and officially published indicators to identify the most vulnerable regions of Russia and the correlations between the pairs of variables to measure how illicit drug trade can affect population well-being. …”
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