Cyberseal crypter official website8/7/2023 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. The Europol statement explains its role in offering forensic, malware, and operational analysis in the early part of the operation as well as a “virtual command post” on the day’s homes were raided, and attack infrastructure was seized.In a joint effort led by international law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. The FBI, the Australian Federal Police, the Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) and Europol each assisted in Operation Invoke. How do crypters work? (Image courtesy of Europol) Backend infrastructure takedownĪn investigation led by the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) resulted in four house searches carried out in the cities of Bucharest and Craiova, two arrests, and the dismantling of backend infrastructure linked to the illicit services in Romania, Norway, and the US. Such services are touted in underground markets as offering fully undetectable (FUD) capability but, in practice, what crooks are buying is a longer shelf life for their malicious code. 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. 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.
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