In January 2016, Group-IB sent 161 requests to authorized registrars to delete the delegation of domain names that are guilty of various violations. Following these requests, 128 domain names have been deleted or blocked.
Of the remaining 33 delegated domain names, 26 were not blocked because their administrators quickly rectified the deficiencies. Seven domain names were later unblocked at the request of CERT-GIB after their owners resolved the problems following a routine procedure.
The largest group of violators was guilty of phishing (74 percent) and the smallest group (6 percent) comprised botnet controllers.
Group-IB exposes violators under an agreement with the Coordination Center for TLD RU on preventing the unauthorized use of .RU and .РФ domains. In particular, Group-IB is certified to prevent the misuse of domain names in .RU and .РФ domains such as phishing, illegal access to information systems, the spread of malware and the management of bot-infected computer networks.
For details on online reporting of cyber threats and other criminal activities, go to the website of the Coordination Center for TLD RU.
