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The Dark Web is an area that resides on the Deep Web. Several people confuse the Deep Web and the Dark Web thinking they are the same thing. This is definitely not the case. The Dark Web is mainly accessed via a software client called Tor, which will be discussed in more detail later in this paper. Tor is a special browser that allows you to navigate the Dark Web. One popular use of the Dark Web is in relation to malware. Large amount of malware are using the Dark Web to communicate with their Command & Control (C&C) servers. An example of a piece of malware that does this is SkyNet (Cox, 2015). SkyNet is a trojan that has the capabilities of performing a DDoS attack or mine Bitcoins. It uses Hidden Service provided by Tor to communicate anonymously with its C&C servers. An advantage of using these Hidden Service for C&C communication is that the traffic is encrypted, so it makes the origin, destination, and payload. Another advantage is that the owner ...