Two suspects arrested for managing malware encryption services

Two Romanian citizens have been arrested for allegedly running the malware encryption services, CyberSeal and Dataprotector, to avoid detection of antivirus software, and the Cyberscan service to test malware against antiviruses.

These services have been offered in the underground market since 2010 for a value of no more than $300 per license, with regular updates and customer support. They have also been used by more than 1.560 cybercriminals with different types of malware.

The police operation, coordinated by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), resulted in several house searches in Bucharest and Craiova, and the neutralisation of their backend infrastructure in Romania, Norway and the USA.