With each passing day it’s becoming clear that law enforcement organizations are gaining more insight into the cybercriminal community.

Amid White House opposition and an apparent "hold" placed on the legislation by Virginia Republican Eric Cantor, the focus has shifted from the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Given piracy is a real problem, what -- if anything -- will the Internet industry eventually support?

The latest cybercrime alert from the FBI warns of malware targeting personal bank accounts, high-end retailers and even those who work at home.

As of midnight, Jan. 12, 2012, you can register for a vanity top level domain (TLD). In other words, this blog entry could appear on www.techsecuritytoday.techsecure or you might be able to look for burgers at www.mickyd. ICANN has thrown open the doors for anyone to choose whatever top level domain they want.

As of midnight, Jan. 12, 2012, you can register for a vanity top level domain (TLD). In other words, this blog entry could appear on www.techsecuritytoday.techsecure or you might be able to look for burgers at www.mickyd. ICANN has thrown open the doors for anyone to choose whatever top level domain they want.

Government IT managers, government contractors or those who work for companies implementing DNSSEC know that configuration can be a nightmare, and that’s on a good day. Even DNS expert Casey Deccio, a computer scientist at Sandia National Labs, was having diffidulty troubleshooting problems with DNSSEC. So he decided something needed to be done.

The New York District Attorney's Office has indicted 55 individuals for their participation in an identity theft ring that siphoned off more than $2 million from its victims and their financial institutions. The arrests prove once again that computer systems don’t commit cybercrimes, people do.

By now you’re familiar with the basic phishing e-mail. You know the one -- it comes from a bank you don’t do business with asking you to verify personal information such as your name, Social Security Number and your existing bank account information. The e-mail may claim the bank it purports to represent has a check to deposit to your account, is trying to clear a check or something else along those lines. These phishing e-mails are easy to spot, their misspelled words obvious and the bogus links show up clearly. They’re also fairly easy to fight.

If you or your organization has been a victim of cybercrime, you’re not alone: The 2011 Global Economic Crime survey from business and IT consulting firm PwC shows 40 percent of 3,877 global business executives surveyed reported experiencing some form of cybercrime in the last year.

Last week we reported the Lucky Supermarkets chain's self-service checkout kiosks were hacked all across Northern California. This week, Restaurant Depot and its subsidiary Jetro Cash & Carry, both wholesalers to food service operators and retail grocery chains, were targets of what appears to be an even more sophisticated attack.

Here is a list you might want to share with your users, family and friends. Certainly, none of us are using any of SplashData's "25 Worst Internet Passwords of 2011." Right? But, if you are, I promise not to tell. 

IT organizations can take some comfort in the recent arrest of the alleged masterminds behind the one of the largest know cybercriminal networks. But given the nature of cybercrime, it’s only a matter of time before some other organizations emerge to fill the void left by a network that consisted of more than 4,000 bots.