If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign ...

A Russian national was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for operating a “crypting” service used to conceal the Kelihos malware from antivirus software, which enabled hackers to systematically ...

An article in The Wall Street Journal this week quoted executives from antivirus pioneer Symantec uttering words that would have been industry heresy a few years ago, declaring antivirus software ...

A Russian man has been sentenced to just 24 months behind bars for his part in helping to hide the infamous Kelihos malware from global security teams. Oleg Koshkin, 41, was convicted by a federal ...

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for charges related to the operation of a malware crypter service used by the Kelihos botnet to obfuscate malware payloads and evade detection. Koshkin has ...

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 ...

Many different threat actors are using this crypting service/tool for their operations, possibly buying it from the developer itself. As bad actors continue to innovate in the area of sandbox evasion, ...