Dissecting the Dark Web: Reverse Engineering the Tools of the Underground Economy

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Lindsay Kaye

Dissecting the Dark Web

Name: Dissecting the Dark Web
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ISBN: 9781718504608

Reverse Engineering the Tools of the Underground Economy

Lindsay Kaye

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No Starch Press,US
28 July 2026

Computer security

A technical exploration of the malicious software bought and sold on the dark web, where bad actors offer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) to the highest bidders.

A technical exploration of the malicious software bought and sold on the dark web, where bad actors offer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) to the highest bidders.

Step into the world of malware-as-a-service (MaaS) in this exploration of the tools and techniques used by threat actors in what is called the ""underground economy.""

Each chapter of Dissecting the Dark Web covers a category of malicious tool regularly bought and sold on the dark web, surveys actual ads for these products to gain details about criminal operations, and walks through the reverse engineering of common malware samples to understand their inner workings.

Through real-world case studies and exercises, you'll learn about malware types such as stealers, loaders, botnets, ransomware, and post-exploitation toolkits, as well as the many tools threat actors use to make their attacks successful, such as crypters, obfuscation, and living off the land.

Makes use of open-source reverse-engineering tools for Windows, such as Ghidra and x64dbg

By: Lindsay Kaye
Imprint: No Starch Press,US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781718504608
ISBN 10: 1718504608
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 28 July 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction Chapter 1: A Visit to the Dark Web Chapter 2. Initial Access Methods Chapter 3: Loaders and Botnets Chapter 4: Information Stealers Chapter 5: Banking Trojans Chapter 6: Packers and Crypters Chapter 7: Command-and-Control Frameworks Chapter 8: Post-Exploitation Toolkits Chapter 9: Living off the Land Chapter 10: Windows Ransomware Chapter 11: Linux and ESXi Ransomware Chapter 12: Lessons from the Underground Economy Appendix: Exercise Solutions

Lindsay Kaye is an expert malware analyst and reverse engineer who loves taking on technical challenges of all kinds. She speaks regularly at international conferences such as REcon, Disobey, SEC-T, FIRST, and numerous BSides events. In addition to speaking, she leads training sessions and workshops that help others develop skills in the technical aspects of cybersecurity. Lindsay currently leads the Threat Intelligence team at a New York-based cybersecurity company, building on her career from software engineer to reverse engineer to technical team leadership. A New York City native, Lindsay obtained her BS in Engineering from Olin College of Engineering before receiving her MBA from Babson College.