Thesis supervisor: János Besenyő
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Obuda University - Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering - 1081 Budapest, Népszínház street 8. Abbreviation of location of studies: ÓEBGK
Description of the research topic:
Terrorist organizations recognized the benefits come from the use of Internet. They spread their religious ideologies all over the social media, try to recruit new sympathizers, supporters and last but not least warriors. Due to the activity of the law enforcement agencies and secret services together with the self-censorship of the social media they moved some part of their activity to the so called Dark Web. The ultimate aims of our research are to get to know the significant terrorist organizations, their activity on the Internet and we try to estimate their activity on the Dark Web. We try to find unique patterns, methods which are typical for terrorist organizations. Is there a realistic chance of terrorist acts committed in cyberspace and how and in what way can the Dark Web be involved. We develop recommendations for improvement of the fight against terrorist organizations in the cyberspace including the open Internet and the Dark Web.
Research agenda for the topic
1, Study the professional literature from open sources: study the historical background of the significant terrorist organizations, their ideology, and their aims.
2, Study the Internet activities of the terrorist organisations especially which are related to the social Media. Estimate the main characteristics of the target audience, which are the main reasons why they can be influenceable. What is the impetus for online radicalisation? We make an attempt to find unique patterns in the Social Media which are can be related to organisations like so called virtual fingerprints.
3, What is the Dark Web, how it works, its technical specifications
4, Study the different methods for searching on the Dark Web, finding the most effective search engines, search expressions and portals along with the different linkfarms, and collections to get the most useful information on our research topic.
5, How does look like the terrorist organizations profile on the dark web? Which are the most visited and widely known blogs, forums, chatrooms. How can you get more information on their Dark Web activity? Is there any chance to associate some kind of illegal activity with one of or more of the terrorist organisations.
6, Possible means and methods for the fight against terrorist organisations in the open Internet
7, Possible means and methods for the fight against terrorist organisations in the Dark Web
Required language skills: english intermediate Number of students who can be accepted: 2
Deadline for application: 2021-01-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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