The Dark Web: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an innovative reference source for the latest scholarly material on the capabilities, trends, and developments surrounding the secrecy of the Dark Web. Highlighting a broad range of perspectives on topics such as cyber crime, online behavior, and hacking, this book is an ideal resource for researchers, academics, graduate students, and professionals interested in the Dark Web.

Review
The Dark Web: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice offers a groundbreaking resource that addresses the security needs of an interconnected global community. Under the direction of an editorial advisory board, a renowned international cast of contributors provide essential insight into a world that camouflages terrorist communications, threats to homeland security, and clandestine financial transactions all global threats. The volume is presented in four parts: Cyber Crime and Security, Data Mining and Analysis, Online Identity, and Web Crawling. Chapters cover a broad range of topics by authors from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. This reader-friendly volume includes references, an index system, additional readings, key terms and definitions, graphics, and charts. The Dark Web provides essential information for anyone interested in current cyber safety issues. A short learning curve is essential for technology security experts and practitioners. This superior publication provides insightful learning opportunities that enhance detection capabilities and prevent hackers from stealing valuable information. This book has a broad audience that includes law enforcement, consumers, financial institutions, academic programs, businesses, and government agencies. All library acquisition decision-makers will consider this contribution an essential resource. Recommended especially for academic libraries. –Thomas E. Baker, ARBA

About the Author
Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) is a research-based professional organization dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of information resources management in modern organizations. IRMA's primary purpose is to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing information resources as key enterprise assets among IRM/IT professionals. IRMA brings together researchers, practitioners, academicians, and policy makers in information technology management from over 50 countries.             

Table of Contents

Section 1: Cyber Crime and Security

    Chapter 1: The Malevolent Side of Revenge Porn Proclivity

    Chapter 2: Contemporary Terror on the Net

    Chapter 3: Dysfunctional Digital Demeanors

    Chapter 4: How to Become a Cybercriminal?

Section 2: Data Mining and Analysis

    Chapter 5: Optimal Query Generation for Hidden Web Extraction Through Response Analysis

    Chapter 6: The Evolution of the (Hidden) Web and Its Hidden Data

    Chapter 7: Deep Web Information Retrieval Process

    Chapter 8: The Contribution of Information Science Through Intellectual Property to Innovation in the Brazilian Health Sector

    Chapter 9: Harvesting Deep Web Data Through Produser Involvement

    Chapter 10: Web Harvesting

    Chapter 11: Effectiveness of Web Usage Mining Techniques in Business Application

Section 3: Online Identity

    Chapter 12: In Plaintext

    Chapter 13: Becoming Anonymous

    Section 4: Web Crawling

    Chapter 14: Design of a Least Cost (LC) Vertical Search Engine Based on Domain Specific Hidden Web Crawler

    Chapter 15: A Novel Architecture for Deep Web Crawler

    Chapter 16: Search Engine