Conrad Jaeger - Deep Web Secrecy and Security: an inter-active guide to the Deep Web and beyond

By Conrad Jaeger

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Published byDeep Web Guides at Smashwords

Copyright DeepWeb Guides 2012

ISBN:9781476251172

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Deep WebGuides 2013

UpdatedNovember 2015

www.deepwebguides.com

Disclaimer

This book is for educational purposes only. In no wayis it the intention of the author, publishers or distributors toencourage anyone to do anything illegal. The author, publishers anddistributors accept no liability for anything that happens in anyway connected with the reading, possession or use of this book.

Dont even think about it.

Table of Contents

TakingControl

Entering Pioneer Territory

Going Down

A technical aside

TheFamily

Browser

Search Engines

Email

Virus

System Security

Software

Shred

Keep it simple

Smartphone

Downloading

Photos

TheBlogger

TheWhistle Blower

The Campaigner

Using Hidden Networks

First Steps

Using Tor

Entry Points

DeepSearch Engines

Hidden Service lists

Marketplace Drugs

Hosting

Blogs

Forums and Chans

Political

Hacking

Warez

Non-English

TheToolkit

Portable Access

Free Portable Apps

Setting up Secure Comms

Email

Bitmessage

Secret Messaging

EvenDeeper

Encryption and Cryptography

PGPPublic Key Cryptography

DiscEncryption/Erasure

Free EncryptionSoftware

Free Data Shredding Software

Steganography hiding things insidethings

Transferring Secret Data

Downloading

Uploading

Hosting, Storing &Sharing

12. Smartphones

13. UsenetNewsgroups

Producing videos and stills

BasicComputer Security

Avoiding Viruses, Trojans and Spyware

Recommended Free Programs

Whats Running Now?

Zero Emission Pads

Windows OS

Windows SecurityCenter

Pagefile/Swapfile

Hibernation

Alternative Software

Cleaning Up

Erasing History

DeepCurrency

Part 2 Deep Search

FreeUpdates

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Why We Need Worry

Major threats come not from the NationalSecurity Agency or Britains spy agency GCHQ but fromcyber-criminals, business competitors, law firms, debt collectors,private investigators, stalkers and malicious trolls.

From the word go, we should all be alert tothe dangers of the digital world. In the same way that children aremade fearful of strangers and taught how to cross the road, weshould all have cyber-safety drilled into us. The risks areeverywhere and everybody is at risk.

Everybody under the age of 20 has grown upwith the Internet but many fail to comprehend the dangers ofopening their lives to all and sundry. Adults who give it anythought tend at best to install some anti-spyware and leave it atthat. Few understand the depth of the risks or appreciate just howmany people out there are out to get them.

Cyber-Criminals

These days the streets are safer because somany criminals are migrating to digital and launching attacks fromthe comfort of their own homes.

If they havent got the necessary skills,they can easily hire someone that has. There are hackers offeringthe complete service from gaining access to a Google account, tostuffing a targets computer with images of child sexual abuse andthen anonymously tipping off the police.

Increasingly, as better counter-spy toolscome on the market, the bad guys are targeting the weakest link inthe chain: the Human. They do this by so-called SocialEngineering, the art of making people do what they want them todo, from opening an infected attachment, to following a link onTwitter to a malicious website.

There are no limits to the forms this cantake. Most professional con-artists now work online full time. Theytug at the heart strings on dating sites, they offer amazingbargains, and they can pretend to be you in a crisis; imploring thefriends in your contact book to send money urgently.

You might follow a link and take onboard aDrive-By Download, a malicious program delivered in the same wayas a regular cookie. The more sophisticated Watering Hole Attacksplant the malicious download in an advertising banner on alegitimate site. As soon as the page loads, the visiting device isinfected.

The fastest growth-area for cyber-criminalsis mobile. The smartphone is the finest tracking device everdevised. It can show where you are now and where you have been. Itcontains all your appointments, past and present, all your friendsand private conversations. They can see what interests you, whatyou watch, buy and download, and they can turn on the camera andwatch you.

Malicious programs enter the device viaattachments, downloads, phony updates and even by simply viewing animage that automatically launches malware. Additionally, someonewith access to the device can download and install a spy programthat runs secretly in the background.

Even at the lowest level, the apps wedownload can be downright dangerous. Apps are dirt cheap or freebecause the developers make their money by letting in theadvertising networks and criminals. It is true when they say Ifyoure not paying, youre the product.

Malicious apps have been found on iTunes andthe Google App Store, and spyware has been found hidden withinanti-spyware apps. There are apps that seek out financialtransactions, others that suck up all the photos and look forpoints of blackmail.

A criminal may take possession of yourdevices and plant a Botnet which then runs unobtrusively to minedigital currencies like the BitCoin for somebody elses benefit. Others simply makecalls to premium rate numbers and rack up your bill.

Business Competitors

All large corporations employ their ownIntelligence agents. They want to know what their competitors areup to, they want to know what is being said about them, and theywant to know if anyone is selling secrets.

But its not just the big boys; today anysize business can employ the tools and techniques of a master-spyagency. Mobile communications can be intercepted. Key-strokeslogged. Confidential reports copied. Staff monitored. Customerspoached.

The business may employ a hot IT guy, butthe criminal will always find a backdoor. A hacker employing socialengineering skills may surreptitiously drop a USB thumb drivemarked Private in the hope that an inquisitive employee will slotit into an office machine to take a look. Result: instantinfection. A CEO may be targeted via his outside interests and away found into his phone or laptop.

Conversely, many companies inadvertentlypost confidential information online that can easily be retrievedby those that know how (see Deep Search ).

Stalkers

Its no longer necessary to hide in thebushes when todays stalker can sip a latte at Caf Nero and followmultiple victims in real time via the free Wi-Fi.

Download for free the suitably-named Creepy surveillancetool and you can keep close tabs on any active Twitter or Instagramuser, following them on a map, seeing who they meet and much else.Conversely, acquire the victims Google log-in and see theirlocation history on Google Maps to follow their every move.

Or borrow someones phone for a few minutesand secretly install a subscription-based surveillance packageallowing the stalker to follow the GPS signal, listen in onconversations, read text and emails, examine images, videos andSkype calls, check Web habits, log passwords, block callers oroutgoing numbers, and activate the microphone and camera. Packagesstart at just US$49 a month.