Dark Web and Cybercrime Networks
The dark web operates as a hidden, encrypted layer of the internet, accessed via tools like TOR (The Onion Router), that facilitates a structured, service-based cybercrime ecosystem. It serves as a hub for anonymous marketplaces, selling drugs, stolen data, and malware, while enabling Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). Its encrypted and anonymous nature poses a serious internal security challenge for India.
Facilitation of Illegal Trade
- Narcotics Trafficking: Dark web marketplaces enable anonymous sale of synthetic drugs, with delivery via courier networks.
- Arms and Explosives Access: Illicit firearms, ammunition, and explosive materials traded through encrypted channels → risk of terrorist and criminal access.
- Stolen ....
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Security
- 1 Neighbourhood First Policy and Security
- 2 Development as a Security Strategy
- 3 Proxy Wars and External Sponsorship
- 4 UAVs Threat: Attacks on Military Installations
- 5 Quantum Computing and Encryption Risks
- 6 Two-Front War Challenge for India
- 7 Ransomware as a Security Threat
- 8 India’s Digital Sovereignty
- 9 Data Colonization as a National Security Challenge
- 10 Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
