![]() The prices for this service, branded as Cyberscan, varied between $7 to $40. ![]() The same pair of suspects also operated a service which allowed their clients to test their malware against antivirus tools. “ service activity was well structured and offered regular updates and customer support to the clients," according to a statement by investigators at European policing body Europol. These illicit crypting services – in operation since 2010 – charged their clients between $40 to $300, depending on license conditions. Malware writers use crypting services to disguise their malicious software as something benign. The unnamed duo are suspected of running the CyberSeal and Dataprotector ‘crypting’ services that were said to be used by more than 1,500 criminals to develop remote access trojans (RATs), information stealers, and ransomware. FBI, Romanian Police (Poliția Română, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos), and Europol were involved in the operation.Īs a part of this investigation, in addition to arresting the hacker duo, the agencies carried out 4 house searches in Bucharest and Craiova (Romania), in addition to taking down the backend infrastructure that powered the ‘crypter’ services, in Romania, Norway, and the U.S.Įarlier this year, an Italian company was found to be selling similar “malware protector” services that aided GuLoader threat actors in conducting their malicious activities.Romanian police have arrested a pair of suspected cybercriminals who allegedly made a fortune running a malware encryption service that helped cybercriminals bypass antivirus defenses. Law enforcement agencies including the U.S. Image: How malware encryption tools (‘crypters’) work Services like crypters and counter malware testing, as provided by the duo, have been offered on underground markets since at least 2010. DataProtector website, now taken down, was selling FUD exploits, and illicit materials Likewise, Security Report News observed now-shutdown domains selling DataProtector crypter access. ![]() Image: Cyber-Seal Protector site with variable licenses and pricing While the CyberSeal site has been taken down by authorities, Security Report can confirm the site indeed had crypter (“protector”) and FUD services listed at varying prices, with a lifetime license costing US$150. Their service activity was well structured and offered regular updates and customer support to the clients,” says Europol. “Their clients paid between US$40 US$300 for these crypting services, depending on licence conditions. The duo has also been accused of selling access to a “Cyberscan service” for US$7-40, that allowed their clients to test their malware strand against antivirus programs until their malware became “fully undetectable (FUD).” “These services have been purchased by more than 1560 criminals and used for crypting several different type of malware, including Remote Access Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware,” stated Europol’s press release. These tools were used by cyberthreat actors to evade detection by making it hard for antivirus and endpoint security products to detect their malware. FBI, Europol, and the Romanian police, a Romanian hacker duo has been arrested for selling malware encryption tools. In a joint effort led by international law enforcement agencies, including the U.S.
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