27.12.2011
Group-IB will help combat cybercrime within .RU and .ÐÔ domain names
December 27, 2011
MOSCOW - Group-IB, the first Russian company providing comprehensive investigation of IT security incidents and breaches of information security, and the Coordination Center for TLD RU are announcing the signing of the Agreement to combat cyber threats within .RU and .ÐÔ domain names.
Under this agreement, Group-IB will monitor for phishing attacks, unauthorized data access, and malware proliferation emanating from domains within the .RU and .ÐÔ zones. Whenever these violations are detected, Group-IB will analyze the data and transfer it to the registrars, who, in turn, will be able to remove the offending domain names from delegation, under the guidance of the new regulations for registering .RU and .ÐÔ domain names. It should be noted that the incoming registrar notification will be advisory in nature.
This new agreement ensures the Russian segment of the Internet will become safer, because Group-IB will assist the registrars in responding more promptly to possible violations by the domain name owners.
“Our experts possess impressive experience in around the clock detection of malicious resources, allowing the registrars to receive the necessary information quickly,” comments Ilya Sachkov, CEO of Group-IB. “This new partnership enables us to combat cyber threats occurring on the Russian segment of the Internet on a completely new level, helping to protect Russian Internet users against the actions of cybercriminals.”
“The capabilities and the technologies of Group-IB available for the detection of cyber threats will increase the level of security of the national domain zones in Russia. The methods used to achieve these results include a comprehensive set of tools for analyzing various facts and signals in order to determine the severity of the threat and implement effective countermeasures,” says Andrei Kolesnikov, Director of the Coordination Center. “Our common goal is to make the Internet cleaner and safer, and the joint agreement with Group-IB will help us attain it.”
Earlier, the Coordination Center entered into a similar agreement with the Friendly Runet Foundation, a division of the Safe Internet League.
About Group-IB
Group-IB is the first company in Russia and the former Soviet Union working professionally and comprehensively in cybercrime investigation, information security breaches, and computer forensics. As part of the company, a computer forensics lab provides independent computer forensic investigations, including for Russian law enforcement agencies. Created on the basis of Group-IB, CERT-GIB operates as the first private computer emergency response team in Russia. Group-IB is part of LETA Group.
About the Coordination Center
The Coordination Center for TLD RU (CC for TLD RU) is the administrator of national top level domains .RU and .ÐÔ (national registry). CC for TLD RU´s principal task is to ensure resilient and stable functioning of the domain name registration system and DNS infrastructure of the Russian segment of the Internet.
For additional information contact Bogdan Vovchenko, Group-IB´s PR Manager, at +7 (495) 661-55-38, or vovchenko@group-ib.ru; or Olga Aleksandrova-Myasina, CC for TLD RU´s Chief Information Officer, at +7 (499) 254-88-94, or oa@cctld.ru.
