The Ultimate Dark Web, Anonymity, Privacy & Security Course (updated 1/2023)

Learn how to access & use the dark net and the clear net privately, anonymously and securely

What you'll learn

85+ videos (10+ hours) to take you from 0 to advanced in anonymity, privacy & security.

Anonymously access the dark net and TOR hidden services (onion services).

Install, configure & use anonymouse and private operating systems such as TAILS & Qubes OS

Understand how cryptocurrencies work and anonymously use and handle Bitcoin & Monero.

Privately communicate using emails and instant messages.

Understand asymmetric & symmetric encryption and manually encrypt, sign, decrypt and verify data.

Anonymously obtain Bitcoint & Monero

Discover hidden services (onion services) on the darknet.

Use darknet search engines and services.

Use Qubes & TAILS from usb sticks on any computer without affecting it and without leaving any traces.

Bypass censorship & connect to TOR even if it's blocked.

Use TOR bridges and pluggable transports to bypass filters.

Understand what VPN is and how to use it with TOR.

Configure TOR for maximum security & anonymity.

Handle and share files privately and anonymously.

Use daknet email services.

Use temporary email services.

Configure & use Jabber / XMPP to communicate privately on the dark net.

Setup & use end-to-end encryption.

Understand symmetric and asymmetric encryptions.

Use PGP to encrypt and decrypt data.

Use PGP to sign and verify integrity.

Understand what is cryptocurrency and how it works.

Understand how Bitcoin and Monero work.

Anonymously obtain and use Bitcoin and Monero.

Use exchanges to convert one cryptcurrency to another.

Anonymously transfer funds using Bitcoin & Monero.

Secure your computer and your data by dividing it into a number of isolated domains.

Securely handle files (even malware/viruses) without affecting your computer.

Requirements

Basic IT Skills.

No Linux, programming or hacking knowledge required.

Computer with a minimum of 4GB ram/memory.

Operating System: Windows / OS X / Linux.

Description

Welcome to the ultimate dark net, privacy, anonymity and security course. With no prior knowledge required this course will take you from a beginner to advanced in all of these topics; teaching you how to properly and securely discover data and websites on both the dark web and clear web, access hidden (onion) services, communicate privately and anonymously using instant messages and email, manually use end-to-end encryption to protect your privacy and make it impossible to read even if it gets intercepted, sign and verify files, share files anonymously, transfer funds anonymously using crypto currencies such as Bitcoin and Monero and much more! You'll also learn how to do all of this in a secure manner making it very difficult for hackers or other entities to hack you or de-anonymise you, and even if you get hacked these entities won't be able to easily control your system or de-anonymise you.This course is highly practical but won't neglect the theory, first you'll understand the inner-workings of each topic and each technique covered, then you'll learn how to apply it in real-life scenarios ultimately teaching you how to use the dark net and the clear net in a more private, more anonymouse and more secure manner, so by the end of the course you'll be able to combine the skills you learned and use them in any situation that requires more privacy, more anonymity or more security.This course covers four main topics, I chose to cover all of these topics in one course because I think it is very difficult to learn one without the others as they are very related, these main topics are:1. Anonymity - anonymity is a state where your identity is unknown, achieving this on the internet is not easy because of the way it is designed, so in this course you'll learn a number of techniques to improve your anonymity, you'll first learn what the TOR network is, understand how it works and how it can significantly improve our anonymity, then you'll learn how to connect to it using the TOR Browser, using TAILS and using Qubes OS, you'll also learn how configure TOR properly to bypass censorship and connect even if its blocked!2. Privacy - Using an anonymising network such as TOR is not enough to stay private and anonymous because the operating systems we use (Windows, OS X, Linux) constantly collect data about us, therefore in this course you'll learn how to use two operating systems designed to be more private, more anonymous and more secure; TAILS and Qubes OS, you'll learn how to install these operating systems on a USB stick so you can use them on any computer without affecting the original operating system and without leaving any traces!There's also a fully section on encryption in which you'll learn how the two main types of encryptions work (symmetric and asymmetric), what is end-to-end encryption and how to use it to encrypt / decrypt and sign / verify data, this allows you to privately communicate and share any sort of data; whether it is simple text, or files such as images, videos…etc without worrying about it being intercepted.The course also contains a full section on crypto-currencies, because the payment methods we are used to use are not private and not anonymous, so in this section you'll learn about block chains, crypto-currencies is and how they work, and how to anonymously obtain two crypto currencies; Bitcoin and Monero and use them to send / receive funds.3. Dark Net - This is the portion on the internet that is not indexed by search engines and require special configuration to access. Using anonymising networks and privacy-focused operating systems are 2 steps in the right direction of becoming more private and more anonymouse but unfortunately it is not enough, the services we use everyday are not private and constantly collect data about us, so the the search engines (Google or Bing), the email provers (ex: Gmail, or Yahoo), the instant messaging platforms (Whatsapp or Skype), the file sharing services (Dropbox or Google Drivet) ….etc all of these services are not private, not anonymouse and can be used to track us and de-anonymise us. Therefore in this course I will teach you how to carry out your normal day-to-day tasks in a more private and anonymous manner, so first I'll teach you how to search for websites and content on both the clear net and on the dark net, then I'll tech you how to discover hidden services (onion services) to carry out your normal day-to-day tasks privately and anonymously (such as communicating using emails, or instant messages, file sharing….etc). 4. Security - All of the above will drastically enhance your anonymity and privacy and allow you to access both the dark web and the clear web privately and anonymously, but if you get hacked, the hacker will gain control over your system and therefore will be able to easily bypass whatever anonymity techniques you're using and de-anonymise you, so all of the above is useless without security. Therefore in this course I will teach you how to do all of the above securely, then at the last section of the course I'll show you how to take your security to the next level by dividing your operating system into a number of security domains, these domains are completely isolated and used for different purposes, therefore even if you get hacked only a small portion of your system will be compromised and it would be very difficult for the hacker to compromise the entire system or de-anonymise you.With this course you'll get 24/7 support, so if you have any questions you can post them in the Q&A section and we'll respond to you within 15 hours.Notes: This course is created for educational purposes only .This course is totally a product of Zaid Sabih & zSecurity and no other organisation is associated with it or a certification exam. Although, you will receive a Course Completion Certification from Udemy, apart from that NO OTHER ORGANISATION IS INVOLVED.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Privacy, Anonymity & Security

Lecture 2 Course Breakdown

Lecture 3 Introduction to TOR

Lecture 4 Introduction to Hidden Services / Onion Services

Lecture 5 Connecting to TOR

Section 2: The TOR Browser

Lecture 6 Section Intro & Breakdown

Lecture 7 What is The TOR Browser?

Lecture 8 Verifying & Installing TOR Browser on Windows

Lecture 9 Verifying & Installing TOR Browser on Mac OS X

Lecture 10 Verifying & Installing TOR Browser on Linux

Lecture 11 TOR Bridges & Pluggable Transports

Lecture 12 Bypassing TOR Censorship

Lecture 13 Intro to Virtual Private Networks (VPN) & How to Use it with TOR

Lecture 14 Configuring TOR Browser For Maximum Security & Anonymity

Lecture 15 TOR Browser Security Settings & Intro to Information Theory

Section 3: TAILS - The Amnesic Incognito Live System

Lecture 16 Disadvantages of Using The TOR Browser on Windows, OS X or Linux

Lecture 17 What is TAILS?

Lecture 18 TAILS Installation Options

Lecture 19 Installing TAILS From All Operating Systems

Lecture 20 Starting TAILS on All Operating Systems

Lecture 21 TAILS Basics - Part 1

Lecture 22 TAILS Basics - Part 2

Lecture 23 What is Persistence & Why We Need it!

Lecture 24 Enabling Encrypted Persistence

Lecture 25 Bypassing Censorship Using Bridges & Plugable Transports

Lecture 26 Using The TOR Browser on Tails

Lecture 27 Connecting to Captive Portals

Lecture 28 Connecting to VPN From TAILS - Method 1

Lecture 29 Connecting to VPN From TAILS - Method 2

Section 4: Accessing the Dark Net - Entry Points

Lecture 30 Introduction & Breakdown of Next Sections

Lecture 31 Discovering Hidden Services Using Darknet Search Engines

Lecture 32 Discovering Hidden Services Using Listings & Onion Services

Section 5: Communicating Privately & Anonymously - Using Email

Lecture 33 Creating a Fake Anonymous Identity

Lecture 34 Using Temporary Email Accounts

Lecture 35 Using Privacy Focused Email Providers

Lecture 36 Using DarkNet Email Providers

Lecture 37 Picking The Right Email Service

Section 6: Communicating Privately & Anonymously - Instant Messaging

Lecture 38 Introduction to Jabber / XMPP

Lecture 39 Setting up XMPP with Pidgin

Lecture 40 Enabling End-to-end Encryption in Pidgin

Lecture 41 Verifying Contacts

Section 7: File Management & File Sharing

Lecture 42 Introduction

Lecture 43 Clearing Metadata & Basic File Sharing

Lecture 44 Sharing Files Privately & Anonymously

Lecture 45 Securely Removing Files

Lecture 46 Securely Wiping & Encrypting Storage Devices

Section 8: Encryption

Lecture 47 What is Encryption & Why Its Important?

Lecture 48 Introduction to Symmetric & Asymmetric Encryption

Lecture 49 Generating a PGP Key Pair

Lecture 50 Importing & Exporting Keys

Lecture 51 Encrypting & Decrypting Text

Lecture 52 Introduction to Digital Signatures

Lecture 53 Signing Messages & Verifying Signatures

Lecture 54 Encrypting, Signing, Verifying & Decrypting Files

Lecture 55 Using Key Servers

Section 9: Cryptocurrencies

Lecture 56 Introduction - Why Use Cryptocurrency?

Lecture 57 What is Cryptocurrency & How It works

Section 10: Cryptocurrencies - Bitcoin

Lecture 58 Installing a Bitcoin Wallet

Lecture 59 Creating a Bitcoin Wallet

Lecture 60 4 Ways to Anonymously Get Biotcoins

Lecture 61 Using Bitcoin ATMs

Lecture 62 Using P2P Services

Lecture 63 Sending & Receiving Bitcoins

Lecture 64 Introduction to Mixers / Tumblers

Lecture 65 Improve Bitcoin Anonymity Using Mixers

Section 11: Cryptocurrencies - Monero

Lecture 66 Introduction to Monero

Lecture 67 Creating a Monero Wallet

Lecture 68 Restoring Monero Wallet on TAILS

Lecture 69 4 ways to Anonymously Get Monero

Lecture 70 Crypto-exchanges - Converting One Cryptocurrency to Another

Lecture 71 Using a Crypto Exchanges to Increase Anonymity

Lecture 72 Conclusion

Section 12: Qubes OS

Lecture 73 What is Qubes & Why Use it?

Lecture 74 Installation Options & Verifying Qubes

Lecture 75 Flashing Qubes to USB

Lecture 76 Preparing Computer For Qubes

Lecture 77 Installing Qubes

Lecture 78 Qubes Basics

Lecture 79 Overview of The Security Domains in Qubes

Lecture 80 Working With Multiple Security Domains Simultaneously

Lecture 81 Handling Files & Text Across The Different Security Domains

Lecture 82 Installing Software to Specific Domains

Lecture 83 Handling Malware/Viruses & Suspicious Files Securely

Lecture 84 Connecting to TOR From Qubes Using Whonix Gateway

Lecture 85 Installing Software on Whonix

Section 13: Bonus Section

Lecture 86 Bonus Lecture - Discounts

Anybody interested in improving their privacy and anonymity.,Anybody interested in learning how to access the dark net safely.,Journalists, ethical hackers and security researchers