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Bobby Halliburton promoted to Sr. Physical Security Program Manager for Amazon

Bobby has been with Amazon since May, when he started as Physical Security Program Manager for the company. Before joining Amazon, he spent nearly 12 years with Kohl's Department Stores in various roles, including Sr. Manager of Corporate & Field Physical Security (nearly 6 years) and Manager of Corporate Loss Prevention (2 years). Earlier in his career, he held AP roles with Target and Marshall Field's. Congratulations, Bobby!


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Supporting the INFORM Act


DICK'S Sporting Goods, HP Inc., OpSec Security and Rite Aid
Join Coalition to Combat the Sale of Fraudulent Goods

Leading Companies Join Buy Safe America Coalition in Effort to Bring Transparency and Accountability to Largest Online Marketplaces

The Buy Safe America Coalition, a diverse group of retailers, consumer groups, wholesaler-distributors, and manufacturers who support efforts to combat organized retail crime and protect consumers and communities from the sale of counterfeit and stolen goods, announced new members - DICK'S Sporting Goods, HP Inc., OpSec Security and Rite Aid.

DICK'S Sporting Goods, HP Inc., OpSec Security and Rite Aid join the coalition amid the holiday season, which is expected to bring about record levels of online shopping and sales. These companies and leading retailers will take part in the coalition alongside existing members including Walgreens, CVS Health, The Home Depot, Ulta Beauty, and Philips.

The sale of stolen and fraudulent goods and products has long been a target for criminals using online marketplaces. The coalition is urging Congress to combat the growing problem by passing the INFORM Consumers Act, which would modernize consumer protection laws by requiring online marketplaces to collect and verify basic seller information and having sellers provide that information to consumers.

"The issue of fraudulent sales is about much more than protecting our brand and the products we offer - it's also about protecting our teammates and our customers whose safety is our top priority," said David Lund, Vice President, Loss Prevention for DICK'S. "By increasing transparency and accountability, the INFORM Act will help provide much-needed protection for consumers and employees visiting and working in retail stores this holiday season."

"Ensuring that the everyday health and wellness products customers depend on are authentic and safe is critical to our mission to help communities get healthy and thriving," said Tina Sellers, Vice President, Asset Protection for Rite Aid. "That's why it must be a top priority to clean up online marketplaces flooded by fake and counterfeit goods by requiring those marketplaces to verify that sellers are who they say they are. We support the efforts of lawmakers to pass common-sense measures like the INFORM Act that can help protect the health of the customers and communities we serve."  Read more here

Published 10-21-20: Home Improvement Retailers Join Coalition to Fight Counterfeit & Stolen Goods

Published 9-28-20: Retailers, brands and NACDS join Buy Safe America Coalition

Published 9-17-20: Toymakers, retailers & The Toy Association the Buy Safe America Coalition

Published 8-31-20: ICSC, RILA and other industry groups seek online seller transparency


Published 8-14-20: RILA: Leading Retailers Launch Coalition to Protect Consumers Online


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Protests & Violence


D&D Daily Weekend Crime Analysis: Violence Down in First December Weekend

Fewest Shootings & Deaths Since Mid-November
133 shootings, 25 killed in 20 Major U.S. Cities from Dec. 4-6

The D&D Daily continued to analyze violent crime in 20 major cities, including those in the DOJ's 'Operation Legend', where they've made over 5,000 arrests since its onset in July.

There were 133 shootings and 25 killings from Friday through Sunday, with an average of 44.3 shootings and 8.3 killings per day.

Click here to view the complete breakdown of violence in 20/36 major cities from July to August.

L.A. Gun Violence Up 29% Over Last Year
LAPD Chief: Recommended Budget Cuts Will 'Destroy Public Safety'
In Los Angeles, gun violence has increased by 29% compared to last year, with 311 lives lost. More than 1,100 have been shot as a result of gun violence. LAPD Chief Michel Moore said that the alarming rise in recent crime is part of why he believes that the city's budget cuts cannot solely come from his department.

"Those types of cuts are beyond devastation," he said. "It would destroy public safety in this city. Those are numbers we've had in staffing that go back more than 25 years when homicides were 600 in a year."

But with revenue down citywide, budget analysts recommended steep cuts Friday, including the elimination of 1900 city jobs - half of them coming from the police department. "We have stations that would be closed, jails that would be closed," Moore said. cbslocal.com

LAPD Strike Lockdown Protesters with Batons Outside Mayor Garcetti's House in Viral Video
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers have sparked outrage after officers were filmed striking protesters with batons during demonstrations outside Mayor Eric Garcetti's house. Footage posted to social media, that captured the LAPD officers responding to the protests, has gone viral and prompted widespread outrage amongst lawmakers. It came during the 13th consecutive day of demonstrations outside the mayor's residence, where people have been protesting in a bid to stop President-elect Joe Biden appointing him to any position in his administration. newsweek.com

Olympia, WA: Violence erupts between Trump supporters, Antifa at Washington state protests
Washington state police responded to reported gunshots during opposing protests between pro-Trump, pro-police demonstrators and Black Lives Matter and Antifa counterprotesters in Olympia, according to reports. Video captured the moment when the groups clashed, with "Back the Blue" supporters using flagstaffs to beat on counterprotesters dressed entirely in black and wearing face coverings. Olympia police say the groups had started to disperse by 7 p.m., but not before shots were fired, Shore News reported. foxnews.com

Denver: Security company to surrender license in wake
of guard's fatal shooting of rally participant

Isborn Security Services surrendered its Denver license last week and will not be able to apply for a new license for five years, according to a settlement agreement between the company and the city approved Thursday. Isborn Security contracted with Matthew Dolloff, an unlicensed security guard who was hired to protect a 9News journalist covering a Patriot Rally in Denver in October. The Denver television station contracted with the Pinkerton security company for the services, which then subcontracted the job to Isborn Security. Dolloff shot and killed Lee Keltner after a dispute and faces second-degree murder charges in connection to the shooting. denverpost.com

Paris sees second weekend of protests, violence over controversial security law
Violence broke out in Paris for the second consecutive weekend as protesters clashed with police during demonstrations over a proposed security law, according to reports. Hundreds of rallies were planned across the nation Saturday to protest legislation that would make it illegal to record video or take photos of police officers with "obvious intention to harm their physical and psychological integrity", the BBC reported. The law came under harsh criticism as a threat to freedom of the press and was seen as a way to undermine efforts to document police brutality. nypost.com

Michigan: Armed protesters alleging voter fraud surrounded secretary of state's home
 



COVID Update

US: Over 15.1M Cases - 289K Dead - 8.8M Recovered
Worldwide: Over 67.5M Cases - 1.5M Dead - 46.7M Recovered


Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 225   Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: 158
*Red indicates change in total deaths


California Implements Stay-At-Home Order as Hospitalizations Spike

85% of Calif. Residents Under Strict Stay-At-Home Orders Through Christmas
Nearly 85% of California residents are now under sweeping new restrictions as the state's struggles to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. The new restrictions come as coronavirus cases continue to surge and while the state's intensive care capacity has neared dangerously low levels.

Residents in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley are under a stay-at-home order through the Christmas holiday as of 11:59 Sunday evening. The order means strict new closures for many businesses and a ban on gatherings with people outside your immediate household in two regions of the state that are collectively home to some 27 million people. The order will be in effect for at least three weeks.

The order was triggered after ICU capacity in the two regions fell below a 15% threshold announced this past week by Gov. Gavin Newsom. In Southern California, the rate fell to 12.5%, while in the San Joaquin Valley it had dipped to 8.6%, state health officials announced Saturday.

"Unlike previous surges, every hospital in California is under stress. There is no place to transfer people if we run out of beds," San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón said. "Three-quarters of the state's hospital beds are currently full."

The trend is expected to continue throughout the rest of the state within the next week or two.

Retailers, restaurants curtail operations

The latest directive will be felt in nearly every aspect of daily life. It asks residents to stay at home "as much as possible" and for "100 percent masking" when they are outside. Restaurants will be open only for takeout or pickup, while businesses such as hair and nail salons, movie theaters and bars will be closed. Playgrounds, museums and zoos will be closed as well.

Retailers, including grocery stores, will remain open, but capacity will be limited to 20%. Schools that are currently open will be allowed to continue in-person learning. Places of worship will also be allowed to stay open, but only for outdoor services. npr.org

California OSHA Implements New COVID-19 Workplace Rules
Effective November 30, 2020, Cal/OSHA approved new regulations impacting employers' obligations to prevent workplace exposure to COVID-19 and stop outbreaks. The rules apply to all employers regardless of size unless there is only a single employee with no contact to other people, employees working from home and employees covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases regulation. The California Department of Industrial Relations also issued an FAQ on December 2, 2020.

See a short summary of what the standard requires employers to do here: foley.com

Backlash to California's New COVID Laws:

Orange County Sheriff Won't Enforce New California Stay-at-Home Order
"Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement," Orange County, Calif. Sheriff Don Barnes said in a statement shared on Twitter. Deputies will not respond to calls only to enforce mask-wearing, social distancing, or social gathering restrictions, Barnes said. Instead, they will "respond to calls for potential criminal behavior and for the protection of life and property." yahoo.com

Shutdown backlash grows against Governor Newsom's statewide COVID-19 lockdown
Bar owner tears into Gov. Newsom for forcing her to close while a movie crew set up outdoor dining next door as public backlash over California's 'ridiculous' lockdown rules grows.

Retailers big and small react to looming COVID stay-at-home restrictions in California

Some Southern California business owners will defy governor's shutdown order


U.S. and Europe head in opposite directions
Europe is starting to beat the pandemic's surge. The U.S. is not.
A month ago, the pictures on both sides of the Atlantic seemed similarly grim. The numbers of coronavirus-related infections and hospitalizations were spiking in U.S. states and European countries. For all the dire press the American mismanagement of the pandemic had received, positivity and death rates in parts of Europe were higher than much of the United States through most of autumn. Leading politicians, though not all, echoed the same warnings: If people hoped to celebrate the winter holidays, they would have to first curtail travel and accept new rounds of restrictions.

As we enter the second week of December, Europe appears to be rounding the corner. The seven-day average of newly confirmed cases is trending downward after countries imposed lockdowns or other social-distancing mandates, including closing bars and restaurants.

The story in the United States is markedly different. New daily caseloads shot up from roughly 100,000 positive tests a day to around 200,000 a day over the past month. By the end of the past week, the tally of daily coronavirus-related deaths was nearing that of those slain in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Though home to roughly 4 percent of the world's population, the United States now accounts for almost 20 percent of coronavirus-related deaths. One predictive model forecasts 539,000 virus-related U.S. deaths by next April. washingtonpost.com

Officials across Europe implement a wave of varied restrictions for Christmas
As a deadly wave of coronavirus cases extends across Europe, several countries are planning to loosen restrictions over the holidays to allow families and friends to gather.

In a four-day period beginning Dec. 23, people across Britain can form a Christmas bubble, which will allow members of up to three households to spend time together in private homes or to attend places of worship.

In Germany, officials have agreed to extend a partial lockdown to Jan. 10, but loosen restrictions from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1, allowing private gatherings of as many as 10 people from any number of households.

Spanish officials have decided to allow travel between regions to see relatives and close friends, but said that social gatherings around Christmas and New Year's Day must be limited to 10 people if not from the same household.

In France, residents will be under a nationwide curfew from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. beginning Dec. 15, when a national lockdown ends. However, the curfew will not apply from Christmas Eve to New Year's Eve, officials said.

While some countries are becoming more permissive, Italy will tighten its restrictions on Christmas Day, Dec. 26 and New Year's Day, when residents will be prohibited from leaving their hometowns. Travel will be banned between regions in Italy from Dec. 21 through Jan. 6, and an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will be implemented. nytimes.com

Long a Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment


Corporate & Store-Level Recommendations
How to Get Customers Onboard With Safety Measures

Since spring 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way most people live throughout the world and directly impacted retailers and the way they operate - especially those deemed essential, such as convenience stores. Safety measures including social distancing, hand sanitizing and mask mandates have become a part of everyday living for both customers and store employees, and c-stores around the world have adopted these policies to keep everyone safe.

Not all customers, however, are happy to comply with such mandates and measures. As a result, retailers have been left to find ways of enforcing pandemic policies at their locations. Among the methods being utilized are employee training, store signage, store layout changes, increasing labor, and even offering free masks to customers who come in without one.

"There are CDC guidelines but no overarching mandate, so everyone is left to police and ensure compliance on their own and even though a store might have a sign that says a person must wear a mask, when someone comes in and refuses to wear one, it's up to the employee and the establishment to ensure compliance," said Oscar Villanueva, managing director of security services at R3 Continuum, based in Minneapolis, Minn., which focuses on crisis response, mitigation and management.

If an employee is not trained in hostility management or de-escalation techniques, they will be ill-prepared to confront such customers and many will defer to the store manager, who without training may not be prepared either, Villanueva noted.

"There have been news stories about an employee getting an arm broken in Target over a confrontation with a customer, and in Bed Bath and Beyond, the employee got a manager but ended up punching a woman in the face," he said, explaining that incidents like this can be avoided with training and a well-defined plan from the corporate level.

He believes clearly defined company policies outlined and communicated from the corporate level are key and says it would be helpful for managers and supervisors to get high-level training on hostility management and de-escalation techniques, while employees should receive some type of awareness training.

Recommendations for store-level employees and managers | Recommendations for the corporate level | csnews.com

Holiday Shopping Surge Highlights Importance Of OSHA's
COVID-19 Guidance For Retailers

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, now is a good time for retail employers to review their policies and procedures to protect workers from exposure to COVID-19. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers are required to provide employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical injury or harm. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has put together a resource center to provide guidance in this year's unique holiday shopping season. Although many of these tips are likely already common practice (or even required by state or local COVID-19 orders), it is important to stay vigilant this holiday season as shopping - when contact occurs between workers and customers - will only increase.

Social Distancing | Hygiene and Cleaning | Employee Illness | Retail Engineering Controls | Retail Administrative Controls | PPE and Safe Work Practices |  jdsupra.com


Kroger faces $85M lawsuit from hand sanitizer supplier
A New York-based manufacturer has filed an $85 million lawsuit against Kroger for allegedly refusing to accept a large order of hand sanitizer and antibacterial soap it made when consumer demand was surging for personal protective equipment due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. K7 Design Group, which manufactures and sells the "Ultra Defense" brand, alleges in the complaint filed Dec. 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio that the grocer ordered "way too much" hand sanitizer worth more than $100 million and has since refused to pay for or accept delivery. "Because Kroger reneged, K7 has been left with a huge quantity of hand sanitizer for which K7 has no other use," the complaint stated. grocerydive.com

Demand for Covid vaccines expected to get heated - and fast
Experts say they expect attitudes about the coronavirus vaccines to shift dramatically from hesitancy to "Beanie Baby"-level urgency.

Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Faces Public Concerns Over Safety
The speed of testing and development is one of the biggest factors fueling fears, as countries world-wide move toward approvals.

UK prepares to give first Covid-19 vaccinations as the world watches

LAPD loses veteran officer to COVID-19, agency's 3rd death from virus

Michigan: COVID-19 outbreaks in retail settings reach highest peak, data show

Cuomo: If hospitals are overwhelmed, New York regions will shut down again

NYC elementary schools are reopening while other cities move in the other direction

Biden Names Health Secretary, COVID Czar, Other Key Members To Health Team


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UK's LP Think Tank
ECR Monthly Group Video Discussion - Tomorrow:
Understanding the Role of Central Command Centers

Really looking forward to our monthly discussion on video tomorrow, December 8th at 2pm GMT / 9am EST. Over 40 retailers have already registered for this month's discussion on the current and future state of central video monitoring centers beyond incident management. The session will include opening talks on their respective central video capabilities from Andrea Davis, Walmart USA, and Iona Blake, Boots UK.

If your schedule allows, then please register for this retailer, CPG and academics only discussion. - Colin Peacock, Group Strategic Coordinator, ECR Retail Loss Group

Moody's sees 2021 apparel comeback, but risks remain high
Apparel retail is set to bounce back, according to a 2021 outlook report from Moody's Investors Service last week. Operating profit at department stores, including Macy's, Nordstrom and Kohl's, will rise over 500%; at off-pricers like TJX Companies and Ross more than 450%; and at apparel and footwear retailers brands like those at Tapestry, Gap Inc. and L Brands by over 100%, Moody's said.

The casualization accelerated by the pandemic will continue, as will online sales and healthy living trends, benefiting companies like Nike, Under Armour, V.F. Corp. and Wolverine World Wide, according to the emailed report. Work and formal attire will continue to decline, but companies like PVH Corp. and G-III Apparel Group will prosper thanks to their diversity of merchandise and "ability to tactically evolve product mix."

Moody's expects "strong profit improvement" next year thanks to international sales (where nearly half of U.S. apparel sales as observed by Moody's are generated) and to sales growth, cost cutting and inventory management. As seen already this season, the latter will lead to "less discounting and more full priced sales," analysts said. retaildive.com

Black Friday Became Black Week This Year
Black Friday hasn't gone away as much as it's been extended

News reports of 50% reductions in Black Friday traffic at brick-and-mortar shopping locations might be true enough, but perhaps too day-specific to tell the full story during this year's opening week of the holiday season. While Black Friday traffic logs of top retailers performed by Placer.ai showed visits declined 21% at Walmart and 43% at Best Buy, falloffs were much lower and visits were longer on other shopping days of the week.

Target actually showed 3% and 5% traffic increases on the Saturday and Tuesday before Black Friday compared to 2019, and traffic declines on those days at Walmart and Best Buy were in single-digit percentages.

And as has been the case with store visits throughout the pandemic, people choosing to venture into stores stayed longer and made more purchases. chainstoreage.com

Chick-fil-A sues chicken suppliers over alleged price-fixing scheme
Chick-fil-A has accused more than a dozen poultry suppliers in a federal lawsuit of inflating prices on billions of dollars of chicken that it bought. The company filed the lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, accusing 16 chicken producers of colluding with one another to manipulate prices after the fast-food chain announced plans in 2014 to serve broiler chicken meat without antibiotics within five years.

The defendants include Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, Pilgrim's Pride and Sanderson Farms, all of which are part of a class-action case over price-fixing allegations that began in 2016 and that Chick-fil-A said in its lawsuit it had joined. The companies have disputed the allegations in the class-action case. nytimes.com

Record-breaking 2020 hurricane season
caused $60-$65 billion in economic damage

A record-breaking 2020 Atlantic basin hurricane season was so intense and spawned storms so frequently that all 21 names on the preset list were used up and several letters from the Greek alphabet had to be used to name storms. The combined economic toll the record-breaking number of storms left was north of $60 billion, and people in several hard-hit places are still recovering and could be doing so for years to come.

This year, 12 named storms have made landfall in the continental U.S., breaking the record of nine that had stood since 1916. According to Myers, the AccuWeather estimate points to Hurricane Laura from August as the most financially disastrous storm of the year, which inflicted an estimated $25 billion to $30 billion in damages. Hurricane Sally, Hurricane Delta, Hurricane Zeta, Hurricane Isaias, and Tropical Storm Beta were other storms that also caused at least $1 billion of estimated damage. accuweather.com

California's Bond Fire has burned more than 7,000 acres
and more fire warnings are ahead

A fast-moving wildfire that began late Wednesday in Southern California is 50% contained as of Sunday morning, a slight increase from the day earlier, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The Bond Fire has burned 7,375 acres, destroyed 28 structures, damaged 19 others and caused thousands to evacuate since it began in Orange County's Silverado Canyon, according to CalFire. cnn.com

The Death of Zappos's Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior
The inspirational executive seemed to lose his way after giving up his corporate role, including a starvation diet and fascination with fire.

Restaurant Industry in Free Fall; 10,000 Close in Three Months

J.C. Penney sale to landlords Simon and Brookfield is completed

Apparel retailer Francesca's plans to shut another 97 stores after filing for bankruptcy

Costco to continue special senior hours at its clubs until further notice


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4 Subtle Examples of External Retail Fraud & How Analytics Can Root Them Out

WEBINAR - Tuesday, December 8th - 1:00pm EST

Modern retail criminals are craftier than ever. Whether driven by greed or desperation, they will go to extreme lengths to get merchandise out the door without paying or, at the very least, at a huge discount. And they are becoming increasingly successful, with cumulative losses approaching $50 billion per year. The prospect of stealing easily resellable merchandise is something few criminals can resist, and they are often so subtle that loss prevention (LP) stays one step behind.

Prescriptive analytics is changing that. This essential analytics tool empowers the modern LP professional to identify the most subtle cases of external retail fraud by identifying telltale patterns of behavior within data and alerting the appropriate stakeholder exactly how to respond. Join this webinar to hear Scott Pethuyne of Zebra Technologies explain how retailers like Walgreens, The Home Depot, Dollar Tree, and others are using this robust solution to root out fraud - and how you can too!

Speakers:

Scott Pethuyne - Sr. Manager, Industry Solutions at Zebra Prescriptive Analytics

Ben Dugan, CFI - President at the Coalition of Law Enforcement & Retail; and Sr. Manager of ORC and Corporate Investigations at CVS Health


 

 

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$10 credit cards, $2 PayPal accounts, and more
on the dark web this holiday season

This holiday season, more consumers than ever will be shopping digitally - and cybercriminals are already capitalizing on the opportunity. Greg Foss, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware Carbon Black, looked through the dark web to find that:

  • There's a continued rise in e-skimming attacks in the retail sector, where attackers inject JavaScript into website payment processing pages in order to siphon credit cards and account credentials from customers.

    Magecart is one of the most prominent groups behind this activity, consistently extending their capabilities and improving their tactics to infiltrate e-commerce applications, evade detections, and siphon off sensitive card data.
     

  • Swiped credit cards are going for an average rate of $10-20/card on the dark web
     

  • PayPal accounts are selling for $2-10/account, with those accounts loaded with more money costing more

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), for instance, recently issued a warning shoppers to remain vigilant and be especially cautious of fraudulent sites spoofing reputable businesses, unsolicited emails purporting to be from charities, and unencrypted financial transactions. Foss explains that there's no shortage of cyber threats facing retailers and shoppers this holiday season, as the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks surges with more consumers opting to shop online. securitymagazine.com


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Retail CISOs and the areas they must focus on
In this interview, Matt Cooke, cybersecurity strategist, EMEA at Proofpoint, discusses the cybersecurity challenges for retail organizations and the main areas CISOs need to focus on.

What areas should a CISO of a retail organization be particularly worried about?

Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Email Account Compromise Attacks (EAC), are on the rise, targeting organisations in all industries globally. Dubbed cyber-security's priciest problem, social engineering driven cyber threats such as BEC and EAC are purpose-built to impersonate someone users trust and trick them into sending money or sensitive information.

These email-based threats are a growing problem. Recent Proofpoint research has shown that since March 2020, over 7,000 CEOs or other executives have been impersonated. Overall, more money is lost to this type of attack than any other cybercriminal activity. In fact, according to the FBI, these attacks have cost organisations worldwide more than $26 billion between June 2016 and July 2019.

The retail industry has a very complex supply chain. When targeting an organisation in this sector, cyber criminals don't only see success from tricking consumers/customers, they can also target suppliers, with attacks such as BEC, impersonating a trusted person from within the business.

Generally, are retailers paying enough attention to security hygiene?
Domain spoofing and phishing continue to rise, what's the impact for retail organizations?
Do you expect technologies like AI and ML to help retailers eliminate most security risks in the near future?

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Can't Afford a Full-time CISO? Try the Virtual Version
For a fraction of the salary of a full-time CISO, companies can hire a vCISO, which is an outsourced security practitioner with executive level experience, who, acting as a consultant, offers their time and insight to an organization on an ongoing (typically part-time) basis with the same skillset and expertise of a conventional CISO. Hiring a vCISO on a part-time (or short-term basis) allows a company the flexibility to outsource impending IT projects as needed. darkreading.com

Flash Dies but Warning Signs Persist: A Eulogy for Tech's Terrible Security Precedent
Flash will be gone by the end of the year, but the ecosystem that allowed it to become a software security serial killer is ready to let it happen again.

Center for Internet Security (CIS) releases remote desktop protocol guide

An Inside Look at an Account Takeover

Who are the worst password offenders of 2020?


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New Amazon Prime Scam
Scammers are trying to rob Amazon Prime users of $800. Here's what to know.
Scammers, no doubt, will be working overtime in December to i
mpersonate all sorts of big names, including Amazon, as holiday shoppers order more online to deal with social distancing as COVID-19 cases spike in many communities.

Kroll doubts he would have verified his credit card account number or handed over personal information anyway but the timing of the robocall did catch him off guard - and he wanted to warn other people about a
new twist on an old scam.

Scammers try to
scare you into thinking that your bank account or credit card has somehow been compromised - and you must act immediately by handing over more personal information to fix the problem.

One red flag of a scam:
The robocall asks you to hit 1 or some other key to continue.

The woman sent an Amazon Prime package in October to a friend. The friend received the package, no problem. A short time afterward, the friend received a landline phone call from someone with a heavy accent announcing they were calling from Amazon Prime.

The caller told her friend that
he owed Amazon Prime $799. Fortunately, the friend got flustered but didn't get scammed. Not everyone will be so fortunate. usatoday.com

Amazon's Growth Could Slow Dramatically -- and Soon
Amazon's heavy reliance on the U.S. is significant because the retailer is quickly saturating its home market. Even the most conservative third-party estimates put Amazon's share of the U.S. e-commerce market at nearly 40%. With U.S. e-commerce sales on track to reach approximately $800 billion in 2020, Amazon's domestic gross merchandise volume will probably surpass $300 billion this year.

Many Amazon bulls take solace in the fact that e-commerce represented just 14% of U.S. retail sales last quarter. Even if Amazon can't gain much more market share within it, e-commerce will continue to gain share within the broader economy. Yet the ceiling on e-commerce as a percentage of retail sales is well below 100%, and it could be difficult for Amazon to replicate its past success in many of the merchandise categories that are shifting more slowly toward e-commerce. fool.com

Amazon and smaller e-commerce brands are offering more in-person return options,
no box or shipping label necessary

E-commerce hiring booms as traditional retail sheds jobs into holiday shopping season

China's Black Friday sales surge, helped by cross-border e-commerce platforms


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Hernando County, FL: Employees stole $15,000 from Lowe's using fraudulent returns
A pair of employees at Lowe's Home Improvement are accused of bilking the store out of thousands using fraudulent returns, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. Deputies on Friday said Timothy Rivett, 37, and Drew Hall, 31, were arrested after a loss-prevention officer at the chain store alerted them to a fraud investigation at the store. The investigation was launched after a customer service manager became suspicious. Rivett, who worked as a cashier in customer service, was conducting returns for cash with no customers present, according to the Sheriff's Office. Then he passed the money to Hall, who worked in curbside pickup, deputies said. The pair conducted 183 fraudulent returns and stole a total of $15,710 from the store from mid-April through the end of November, deputies said. tampabay.com

Glendale Heights, IL: Six charged in iPhone theft from Target; assault on associate
Four adults and two juveniles face felony charges stemming accusations they stole iPhones from a Target store Friday. According to the state's attorney, Glendale Heights Police responded about 4:30 p.m. Friday to the Target on W. Army Trail Road for a reported theft in which an employee was punched in the face. Authorities say they later determined that the six defendants were driven by to the store by Verrett, who remained in the vehicle while the other five entered the store. Martin and one of the juveniles approached a phone display and the juvenile used a wire cutter to cut the security wire on an iPhone, officials said. An alarm sounded and Martin allegedly struck an employee who responded, while the juvenile returned to cut another iPhone from the display, prosecutors said. Authorities say the defendants then drove away but were stopped and arrested a short time late by police in Warrenville. dailyherald.com

Greenwich, CT: Trio of Women Charged with Shoplifting on Greenwich Ave
On Dec 2 Greenwich Police officers responded to Greenwich Ave on a report of a shoplifting incident. Police say they made contact with the suspects who were pointed out by local business employees after they were observed triggering the door sensor. Officers recovered $786.80 worth of stolen merchandise from four businesses on the Ave. greenwichfreepress.com

South Euclid, OH: Man charged with theft after impersonating Walmart employee in order to shoplift
On Friday around 12:15 p.m., a man dressed in a Walmart vest and khaki pants entered the store and began selecting items from the shelves, police said. The man, who is not an actual Walmart employee, walked out of the store with $380 worth of unpaid merchandise, according to police. news5cleveland.com

Sydney, Australia: Man charged over 'large-scale theft of over 900 cans of baby formula'
Two men have been charged over the theft of $80,000 of baby formula, oral hygiene items and other products in Sydney. The arrest follows a police investigation into the large-scale theft of products across Sydney between July and November. There were 656 cans of baby formula at the Fairfield home, as well as 435 oral hygiene products, 216 electric toothbrushes and 752 bottles of vitamins. Police seized 273 cans of baby formula and 317 oral hygiene products at the Cabramatta business. theislanderonline.com.au


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Shootings & Deaths

Lubbock, TX: Murder warrant gives no reason for Walmart shooting
An arrest warrant made available on Sunday provided no understanding of why a deadly shooting happened Friday afternoon inside a Northwest Lubbock Walmart. The warrant said Kaleb Vasquez, 20, was shopping, and Roel Munoz was also shopping. The warrant said, "Vasquez walked past Munoz and suddenly turned and fired a semi-automatic handgun striking Munoz. Munoz died at the scene from a gunshot wound." The warrant said Vasquez then ran from the store and threw his gun into a sewer. Vasquez was found and arrested Friday night. He remained in the Lubbock County Detention Center Sunday. everythinglubbock.com

Mountain Iron, MN: Mother IDs shoplifter killed by deputies in northeastern Minnesota
Sheriff's deputies in northeastern Minnesota shot and killed a man after he fled officers who were investigating a shoplifting report, authorities said. The man who was killed early Saturday afternoon in Mountain Iron, Minnesota, was identified by his mother as 19-year-old Estavon Elioff. Jacqueline Martinez said law enforcement officers suspected Estavon Dominic Elioff, 19, of shoplifting early Saturday afternoon at L & M Fleet Supply in Mountain Iron shortly before they chased him into the woods and shot him. A Sheriff's Office statement said a deputy arrived outside the retailer, where Elioff "refused commands and then fled on foot." As deputies and other law enforcement officers searched for the man, they learned he matched the description of a suspect in a drive-by shooting Friday in the nearby town of Virginia, where Elioff lived, according to the release.

About an hour later, deputies with a police dog found Elioff in a wooded area. The statement said there was a confrontation, deputies deployed Tasers and then two of them shot Elioff. Authorities have not indicated that the man was armed or provided details about the confrontation prior to the shooting.
Estavon Elioff died at the scene.  startribune.com

Lakewood, CO: 1 Dead After Crash Involving Ulta Robbery Suspects
Police in Lakewood responded to a robbery at an Ulta Beauty store in Belmar on Friday afternoon that ended in a deadly crash that killed an innocent driver. Officers said the suspects sped away from the Ulta store. A short time later the suspect vehicle, a red Mitsubishi sedan, crashed with another vehicle, a silver Honda Civic. The driver of the silver Honda, an adult male, died in the crash. The three robbery suspects in the Mitsubishi suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash. denver.cbslocal.com

Marietta, GA: Deadly shooting inside restaurant spurs college campus lockdowns
Police say the incident started at El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant. After he fired his gun, striking and killing a woman, he ran from the scene. Police are still unsure of the relationship between the suspect and the woman but they believe the two were at the location together. Marietta Police notified Kennesaw State police of the shooting near the university's Marietta campus.  11alive.com

Atlanta, GA: Armed man discharges gun while adjusting pants at Lenox Mall
Atlanta police are investigating after reports of gunfire inside Lenox Square mall Saturday. Atlanta police officers were called to the mall at around 6 p.m. after someone reported hearing a gunshot, police confirmed. Investigators learned the gunfire happened inside of the Neiman Marcus store. Further into the investigation police learned a male was walking through the store and adjusting his pants when the gun inside of his waistband discharged. Police do not believe anyone was struck by the gunshot. The man left the store, police say. No word on the man's identity. fox5atlanta.com

Stockton, CA: 15-year-old dies after shooting at Burger King drive-thru

Atlanta, GA: Man shot to death during argument at SW Atlanta gas station

Jersey City, NJ: Woman shot and killed outside C-Store

Suffolk, VA: 1 man fatally shot outside Wawa

 



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

Flagler County, FL: Suspected shoplifter punches CVS clerk, leads deputies
on 100 mph pursuit
Flagler County deputies used stop sticks but suspect kept doing until he crashed. Flagler County deputies arrested 30-year-old Steven Hoxworth after he led them on a wild ride that started in Ormond Beach on Thursday afternoon. "We got a bolo out of Volusia County in reference to a strong-armed robbery suspect that just committed a strong-armed robbery at CVS," said Cmdr. Gerald Dittola. Ormond Beach Police said surveillance video inside the store showed Hoxworth trying to steal a cart full of items, but the clerk intercepted. Police said Hoxworth then punched the clerk before taking off to Flagler County. clickorlando.com

Lafayette, LA: Cellphone store owner dragged by shoplifting suspect's car
On Saturday afternoon, Lafayette Police need the public's assistance identifying a suspect who allegedly entered the iPhone Repair 4 Less store, stole a phone and then fled the business. Police say the owner of the store chased the suspect, and at one point, had him in his grasp as the suspect entered his vehicle. However, the suspect drove off while dragging the owner.  klfy.com

Fort Lauderdale, FL SWAT called in to arrest burglar barricaded inside Pawn Shop

Mobile, AL: 18-year-old arrested after robbing victim in Lowe's parking lot

Dallas, TX: 17-Year-Old Arrested in Series of 10 Robberies in Dallas, Tarrant Counties


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Auto Parts - Clayton, MO - Armed Robbery (O'Reilly's)
C-Store - Chesterfield, MO - Armed Robbery
C-Store - Wilmington, NC - Armed Robbery
C-Store - New London, CT - Burglary
Comics - Anchorage, AK - Burglary
CVS - Ormond Beach, FL - Armed Robbery
Dollar General - Macon, GA - Armed Robbery
Dollar General - Penn Valley, CA - Robbery
Dollar General - New Berlin, IL - Armed Robbery
Dollar Saver - Wichita Falls, TX - Burglary
Gas Station - Memphis, TN - Burglary
Jewelry - Chicago, IL - Burglary
Jewelry - Corpus Christi, TX - Robbery
Jewelry - Scranton, PA - Burglary
Jewelry - Thornton, CO - Robbery
Liquor - Fremont, CA - Burglary
Metro PCS - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Burglary
Pawn Shop - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Burglary
Restaurant - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Burglary
Target - Glendale Height, IL - Robbery
Ulta Beauty - Lakewood, CO - Armed Robbery
7-Eleven - Palo Alto, CA - Armed Robbery
7-Eleven - Loudoun County, VA - Armed Robbery

 

Daily Totals:
• 13 robberies
• 10 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 1 killed



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