How can you effectively hunt data from the dark web using scripts? How can you circumvent scraping defenses on the dark web? How can you automate your scripts? If you are curious about the answers to these questions and want to learn how to write automated scripts for this task effectively, then this workshop is for you. There are many forums and marketplaces on the dark web where actors buy, sell, and trade goods and services like databases, exploits, trojans, ransomware, etc. Collecting data from the dark web can help any organization identify and detect risks that may arise due to their assets being sold on the dark web. In this workshop, you will learn why collecting data from the dark web is essential, what open-source tools you can use to collect these data, how you can create your tools & scripts, and automating your script for effective collection. The workshop's primary focus will be on circumventing defenses put by forums & markets on the dark web against scraping.

Prerequisites:
Basic scripting in python
Knowledge of using VMs
Knowledge of using Linux machines
Basics of Dark Web