U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services In Global Operation - Data Intelligence

International operation takes down crypting sites used for testing malware

The sites were used for more than a decade by cybercriminals who wanted to test malware against security tools.

AVCheck cyber crime service snared in police takedown | #cybercrime | #infosec - National Cyber Security Consulting

An international law enforcement operation has disrupted an online software crypting syndicate which helps cyber criminals protect their malware from detection. Four domains and their associated server offering counter-antivirus (CAV) tools have been seized by the FBI Houston Field Office, working with law enforcement partners in the Netherlands and Finland and the US Secret Service. […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post AVChec…

FBI cracks down on crypting crew in a global counter-antivirus service disruption

The US law enforcement, in coordination with global efforts, has disrupted counter-antivirus (CAV) operations by shuttering four leading domains offering these services. According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, the seizure of these domains and their associated servers was part of an effort to disrupt the “online software crypting syndicate” helping cybercriminals evade detection. Crypting scrambles malware codes to avoid antivir…

U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services In Global Operation - Data Intelligence

May 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Crime A multinational law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of an online cybercrime syndicate that offered services to threat actors to ensure that their malicious software stayed undetected from security software. To that effect, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it seized four domains and their associated server facilitated the crypting service on May 27, 2025, in partners…