Multiple sites used to test malware against real antivirus tools were taken down by law enforcement in the U.S. and Netherlands last week. According to applications for warrants filed with Texas Southern District Court on May 15 and unsealed on Thursday, the Justice Department took down four domains: AVCheck.net, Crypt.guru, Cryptor.live and Cryptor.biz. The websites were officially seized on May 27 in coordination with Finnish and Dutch national police as part of the ongoing Operation Endgame — an international law enforcement campaign against cybercriminal organizations that has resulted in multiple takedowns, arrests and platform seizures over the last two years. Many of the malware developers identified in Operation Endgame used AVCheck and the other platforms to test their tools.
International operation takes down crypting sites used for testing malware (Jonathan Greig – The Record)
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