Internet Crimes: Surface and Dark Web Tools for Investigators

Course Overview: 

The criminal mind never sleeps and is constantly advancing with technology. This course will review the use of internet crimes in looking at surface and dark web tools for conducting criminal investigations. The internet has an abundance of investigative tools that could assist in a criminal investigation, especially with an online component to crime.

This course is packed with hands-on learning and case studies.

We recommend that participants bring a PC-based laptop, although it is not mandatory.

Upon Completion:

Participants will be able to: 

1. Explain and understand IP addresses, both surface and dark web.

   1. Approximate suspect location

   2. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

2. Explain the email system.

   1. Traced and intercepted.

   2. Search and seizure

3. Discuss online fraud methods.

   1. Identity theft.

4. Discuss the dark web and its functions.

   1. Common crimes

5. Discuss social media sites.

   1. Common sites for common crimes.

   2. Artifacts sites leave on computers for investigation.

6. Discuss how criminals locate victims!

   1. Fraud/Financial Crimes

   2. Children and grooming

   3. Stalking and Sextortion

7. Understand rules and procedures for conducting proactive chat investigations.

   1. Surface and Dark Web

8. Explain how anonymizers, TOR, and proxy server’s work.

   1. Surface and Dark Web

9. Describe basic forms of hacking.

10. Understand federal rules of electronic discovery, and search/seizure.