A Social Network Analysis and Comparison of Six Dark Web Forums
| Autor: | Yi Ting Chua, Maria Bada, John Hughes, Ildiko Pete |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Structure (mathematical logic)
Computer science 05 social sciences Dark Web 02 engineering and technology Deep Web World Wide Web Online communities Terrorism 050501 criminology 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Social Interactions 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Construct (philosophy) Centrality Social network analysis Social Network Analysis 0505 law Hacker |
| Zdroj: | EuroS&P Workshops |
| DOI: | 10.1109/eurospw51379.2020.00071 |
| Popis: | With increasing monitoring and regulation by platforms, communities with criminal interests are moving to the dark web, which hosts content ranging from whistle-blowing and privacy, to drugs, terrorism, and hacking. Using post discussion data from six dark web forums we construct six interaction graphs and use social network analysis tools to study these underground communities. We observe the structure of each network to highlight structural patterns and identify nodes of importance through network centrality analysis. Our findings suggest that in the majority of the forums some members are highly connected and form hubs, while most members have a lower number of connections. When examining the posting activities of central nodes we found that most of the central nodes post in sub-forums with broader topics, such as general discussions and tutorials. These members play different roles in the different forums, and within each forum we identified diverse user profiles. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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