The Dark Web Explained with John Hammond

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with John Hammond about the dark web, its evolution, and its implications for cybersecurity and cybercrime.

The dark web is often misunderstood, but it plays an important role in both privacy technology and cybercrime activity. In this episode, Tom Eston speaks with cybersecurity researcher and educator John Hammond about what the dark web actually is and how it has evolved in recent years. The discussion covers underground marketplaces, ransomware leak sites, threat intelligence collection, and the operational risks involved in dark web investigations. John also shares details about his new training course Dark Web 2, which focuses on using a hacker mindset to gather cyber threat intelligence from dark web sources. ** Links mentioned on the show ** John’s “Just Hacking Training” https://www.justhacking.com/ John Hammond’s 2-Course Dark Web Training Path (25% Off!) https://learn.justhacking.com/bundles/abfd8930-c45c-4f10-afd8-bc7ebb677d6d John’s Dark Web 2 – CTI Researcher Course https://www.justhacking.com/course/dark-web-2-cti-researcher/ Dark Web & Cybercrime Investigations (Dark Web 1) https://www.justhacking.com/course/dark-web-cybercrime-investigations/ Connect with John Hammond https://johnhammond.org/links ** Watch this episode on YouTube ** https://youtu.be/tem5ZHDb5-s **…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Eston, Scott Wright, Kevin Tackett

Guest: John Hammond

Topics covered

• dark web
• cybersecurity
• privacy technology
• cybercrime
• threat intelligence
• ransomware

Keywords

• dark web
• cybersecurity
• John Hammond
• threat intelligence
• ransomware
• privacy technology
• underground marketplaces

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Just Hacking, YouTube

Books & works: Dark Web 2, Dark Web 1

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