The Coordination Center for TLD .RU in partnership with the security company Group-IB,presented recently a report on the malicious activities in .RU and .РФ top-level domains .

According to the report,Group -IB has filed 311 reports.After the owners of ten domain names removed the malicious content from their website,only 301 domain names have been seized .

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“Group-IB, a security company, has partnered with the Coordination Center to help tackle cybercrime in .RU and .РФ, and has presented a monthly report on fighting the malicious activities in Russia’s national top-level domains. In December 2012, Group-IB filed 311 reports to the registrars, with 10 domains later redelegated as their owners removed the malicious content in question.

According to the Group-IB report, the major part of the domains reported to registrars (58%) pointed to malware. Only 3% of the reported domains were used in controlling botnets.

Group-IB’s competences involve tackling cybercrime in Russia’s national TLDs, including phishing, unauthorized access to third-party networks, spreading malware, as well as controlling botnets. To detect domains used in malicious activities, Group-IB uses a set of proactive and reactive methods. In particular, any Internet user can report malicious websites to CERT-GIB, the computer emergency response team based in Moscow. Group-IB’s Antiphishing.ru and an automated system that collects data on malicious websites also help the center to respond faster, making the Internet safer for Russian-speaking users. CERT-GIB processes every user report, and, in case the alleged incident is taking place, notifies the registrar.”