Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Benoist

Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)

Emmanuel Benoist is professor for computer sciences at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. He teaches web security and low level programming (C and Assembler). His research activities are conducted in the Research Institute for Security in the Information Society (RISIS). He works on the link between security and privacy. This includes understanding privacy issues and the way how they are solved for instance for criminal and illegal activities on the darknet. Therefore Emmanuel Benoist created the Darknet Markets Observatory.

All Sessions by Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Benoist

  • Management Track / Academy Talks


  • 16:20  - 16:35
    Darkmarkets are e-shops for illegal goods. People find drugs, fake ID's, credit card numbers, or stolen accounts for pay TV. The actors of darkmarkets want to remain as anonymous as possible. Markets are only accessible using an anonymous network, like ToR or I2P. Actors use cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins, Bitcoincash or Monero. We nevertheless want to evaluate the turnover of those markets. Which ones are the biggest ones? What is the turnover of the different sellers? We used different methods for evaluating the exchanges. Some are based on the site itself. The buyers must evaluate the sellers when a transaction is terminated. Those evaluations are public, so we can use them the estimate the quantity of goods sold by each seller. Another way to spy on transactions is to search for money.




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Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Benoist