SUS You're SUS!—Identifying influencer hackers on dark web social networks

AA Paracha, J Arshad, MM Khan - Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Dark web is an obscured part of the Internet, specifically used for sharing exploits, data
breaches, and other means of cybercrime. Dark web forums provide opportunities to share …

An Argument for Linguistic Expertise in Cyberthreat Analysis: LOLSec in Russian Language eCrime Landscape

D Manatova, LJ Camp, JR Fox… - 2023 IEEE European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this position paper, we argue for a holistic perspective on threat analysis and other studies
of state-sponsored or state-aligned eCrime groups. Specifically, we argue that …

A novel cross-domain adaptation framework for unsupervised criminal jargon detection via pre-trained contextual embedding of darknet corpus

L Ke, P Xiao, X Chen, S Yu, X Chen, H Wang - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
As the regulation on the surface web becomes more stringent, criminals are gradually
turning to the darknet markets for illicit operations. Moderating and studying the content on …

Building and testing a network of social trust in an underground forum: Robust connections and overlapping criminal domains

D Manatova, D Sharma, S Samtani… - … APWG Symposium on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underground markets support e-crime by providing a place where merchants and buyers
trade assets for a price utilizing various digital currencies, payment providers, and wallets …

EUREKHA: Enhancing User Representation for Key Hackers Identification in Underground Forums

ANH Amadou, A Motii, S Elouardi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Underground forums serve as hubs for cybercriminal activities, offering a space for
anonymity and evasion of conventional online oversight. In these hidden communities …