The internet consists of three (3) main levels; the surface web, the deep web, and the dark web. The surface web is easily accessible by utilizing common search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) The surface web makes up 4% of the World Wide Web. The deep web is not accessible utilizing common search engines and is not cataloged by conventional search engines. The dark web is only accessible utilizing the Tor browser to access the onion URLs. The deep and dark web make up approximately 96% of the World Wide Web. The Dark Web is most notoriously known to conduct illicit activity(hacking, pornography, illegal drugs terrorist activity, etc.)
By performing, the most cost efficient methods of research NTi is able to help clients make informed business decisions, investments, hiring of new employees, determine a person’s online presence, and more. Through the use of anonymizers and proxy services, NTi’s internet based investigations are completely anonymous, including; social networking identification (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.), asset searches, criminal history, webpage archives, etc. to determine the subject’s use of social networking, photos, criminal records, real property, etc.
In addition, NTi creates a customized attack plan to identify case-related information on the internet. We actively research and cache operating onion URLs to ensure that each case is investigated to the deepest depths of the internet.
NTi has conducted a wide array of internet investigation, to include:
- Deep and Dark Web presence and assessments
- Determine subject’s screen name(s), use of social networking websites (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)
- Perform geolocation analysis on photos
- Due diligence
- Risk assessments
- Background checks
- Criminal Records
- Liens and judgments
- Tracing and locating assets