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2018 Mid-Year & Q2 ORC Report

 Mid-Year Case Total Up 10.7% - Q2 Cases Up 13%
Average Dollar Amount Up 34% Since 2017
 

Mid-Year ORC Case Comparison - Up 10.7% Over '17

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Half of US retailers have seen a data breach this year
More than double from LY
New research from Thales eSecurity has revealed that 50 percent of US retailers experienced a breach in 2018 compared to just 19 percent last year.

The results from the firm's 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Retail Edition shed light on the staggering increase in data breaches experienced by retailers this year.

While last year's report showed a decrease in breaches, this year US retail data breaches more than doubled from 19 percent in the 2017 survey to 50 per cent. As a result, US retail is the second highest vertical polled to experience a data breach in the last year, falling only slightly behind the US federal government and ahead of healthcare and financial services. itproportal.com

New Authentication Standards Help Merchants Reduce Risk and Checkout Friction
With attacks shifting away from POS terminals to web and mobile channels, the risk of data breach and account fraud for online retailers is skyrocketing, but new global standards developed jointly by the FIDO Alliance and the W3C are being implemented by leading web browsers and consumer device manufacturers to help solve the problem.

According to the Global Fraud Index, account takeovers in Q2 2017 jumped 45% from the prior year, resulting in losses estimated at $3.3 billion for the quarter. Based upon its analysis of some 80 billion account behaviors each year, Mastercard's NuData Security unit saw a 48.4% increase in fraudulent login attempts in 2016.

The root cause? The world has a password problem. The Verizon Data Breach report has stated that 80% of data breaches involve weak, stolen or default passwords.

Small wonder. Passwords and other shared secrets provide weak security, and are easily stolen and misused. The cyber black market is awash with hundreds of millions of stolen account, shared secret and identity credentials. Read full RCISC blog by Brett McDowell, Executive Director, The FIDO Alliance  r-cisc.org

"Red Alert" Warning on US Cyber-Attacks, Now at "Critical Point"
The United States' director of national intelligence issued a "red alert" warning on a dangerous new level of cyber-warfare during a Washington think tank conference. He also spoke of Russia as one of the "worst offenders" ahead of US President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland.

Dan Coats addressed the Hudson Institute last Friday, commenting: "Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack." He compared the "warning signs" to the same ones "ignored" ahead of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

His comments were backed up on Saturday by John Podesta, the former chairman of Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign, who said to CNN: "As the director of national intelligence said, the red lights are blinking, but I think the White House is essentially asleep at the switch." infosecurity-magazine.com

One-Third of Businesses Lack a Cybersecurity Expert
A survey of more than 3,000 CIOs found 95% of technology leaders expect cybersecurity threats to grow - but only 65% have a cybersecurity expert on staff, Gartner researchers report.

"I think it's alarming to point out that one-third don't have a dedicated resource," Olyaei tells Dark Reading. The researchers didn't ask about specific experts for different security functions; they wanted to know whether organizations had a security expert at all.

However, he explains, it's important to note that 65% is a "huge increase" over what the data has shown in previous years. Olyaei attributes the rise to new regulations dictating companies must have a security person on staff. The New York Department of Financial Services, for example, introduced a rule stating financial organizations must have security personnel.

There are a few reasons why businesses don't have security experts, and they primarily relate to culture, cost, and complex skill sets. In many industries, cybersecurity is still not given much scrutiny and falls under the responsibility of IT or networking employees on staff. Their cultural mindset doesn't prioritize security; as a result, they feel they don't need a dedicated expert.

"Then there are certain organizations that actually look at this and say, 'We need a security expert, but we can't find one,'" Olyaei continues. "They either can't afford a certain skill set or aren't willing to spend the type of money security experts command."

Finally, the ability to handle and secure emerging technologies, such as the cloud or artificial intelligence, is scarce. Companies can't hire those employees because the tech is so new, few people have developed expertise related to it. darkreading.com

Representatives from 150 tech companies sign pledge against 'killer robots'

Nearly Half of Security Pros Reuse Passwords

The limits of an insider threat program: IT World Canada
Some vendor surveys count external threat actors who get hold of credentials of employees or suppliers as "insiders," on the reasonable grounds that on the network both looks the same. That boosts the alleged risk of an insider attack to a high per cent, good if you're a vendor pushing a product. However it could also lead to putting more emphasis on a network defence and not enough on edge or endpoint protection.

Similarly, counting employee errors - misconfiguring a server, clicking on a malicious attachment - as an insider threat may also tip a CISOs strategy in the wrong direction.

Most experts agree the biggest threat to organizations come from outside attackers. But the risk of an insider - employee, partner, contractor, supplier, guest on the network - doing deliberate damage still has to be faced. The best way to do that is having an insider threat program using technologies such as behaviour analytics and alerting.

So go ahead, make your insider threat program. But remember who you are looking for, and that prevention solutions really count first. itworldcanada.com





Canada's Push for Amazon HQ2
Amazon Opening New Fulfillment Center in Ottawa - 600 Jobs





Canada's New Largest Company By Revenue
Alimentation Couche-Tard eyes more acquisitions after blockbuster year

Canada's e-commerce ecosystem continues its rise

Cargo theft on the rise in Canada: $27 million in thefts reported in first half of '18

B.C. government paints a bleak picture of the legal cannabis retail landscape

Cannabis Store Applications Exploding Across Canada

Giant Tiger roars across Canada as other retails competitors fade

CBC breach was bigger, broader than 1st announced; Thousand more affected

True Stories of Face Recognition and Retail Crime
Case 3: The Philly Fanatic

The third episode of FaceFirst's true retail crime series tells the true story of a notorious organized retail criminal with a clever scheme. He fills an inexpensive cabinet with high-priced items and then uses double-sided tape to ensure that the cabinet stays closed during checkout. Retail shrink is a $46 billion problem each year, but face recognition can reduce retail shrink by up to 34%. By using face recognition, loss prevention pros were able to see that this criminal had been stealing from the store every 1-2 days. How did face recognition save the day? Watch this episode of FaceFirst's True Stories of Face Recognition and Retail Crime to see how this felon was brought to justice.

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Dogged by Early Glitches, Prime Day Still Seen Breaking Records
Amazon projected to take over $3B in sales
Bezos "Richest Man in History"
The web giant's summer shopping holiday seems to have produced big sales gains.

The 36-hour retail whirlwind that was Amazon Prime Day has passed.

And while analysts' estimates have the event pegged for big sales gains - and a total take of potentially $3.6 billion in sales - the fourth outing of the e-commerce giant's summer holiday had a decidedly glitchy start. Shortly after the sale began Monday afternoon, consumers around the country were awash in Amazon's dog-themed error pages as the e-commerce site buckled under the stampede of visits.

Ahead of Monday, the sales predictions painted a multibillion-dollar picture. Last year, a shorter Prime Day raked in $2.4 billion. This year, Coresight Research projected that sales during the 36-hour period, which also offered more categories, would grow at least 40 percent to $3.4 billion. GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives said it could go even higher, to $3.6 billion. Amazon was not specific, but did say late Tuesday that small- and medium-sized businesses had scored sales of more than $1 billion since the day before.

Zentail, an e-commerce operating system, estimated that as of midnight Tuesday Seattle time, Amazon had sold $3.5 billion worth of goods. Amazon shares hit a record high Monday and Jeff Bezos became the richest man in modern history, assuming bragging rights once held by Bill Gates.

Prime Day has certainly made its mark, but Amazon's technical fumble could have ripple effects beyond e-commerce sales.

The web site hiccups appeared to stem from Amazon Web Services, a major cloud provider that powers much of the web. An AWS outage earlier this year caused service disruptions across numerous sites, including retail, streaming and others. According to Synergy Research, Amazon's business accounted for roughly 40 percent of the massive cloud-server market in mid-2017. wwd.com usatoday.com

The potential cost of Amazon's Prime Day miss? $72 million
Amazon.com Inc. may have lost as much as $72.4 million in sales yesterday when many U.S. consumers could not place orders on Amazon.com due to website errors.

Internet Retailer projected last week Amazon would generate $2.5 billion in sales from U.S. consumers during the 36-hour sale. Using that figure and Down Detector's data that the primary issues lasted 63 minutes, Internet Retailer estimates Amazon may have lost as much as $72.4 million in revenue from U.S. consumers. digitalcommerce360.com

Smart Home Devices Prime Day's Biggest Sellers
Prime Members Enjoyed Biggest Global Shopping Event in Amazon History
Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Exceeded $1B in Sales
Prime members worldwide purchased more than 100 million products during this year's Prime Day event. Best-sellers worldwide were the Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote and Echo Dot - making this, with 12-hour early access to device deals, the biggest event ever for Amazon devices. For the first time, U.S. Prime members celebrated Prime Day with a week of savings at Whole Foods Market. Small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon far exceeded $1 billion in sales this Prime Day.

U.S. Highlights from Prime Day 2018

This Prime Day, members enjoyed access to Amazon device deals 12 hours earlier. The Toshiba 4K Ultra HD Fire TV Edition (50-inch) and the Toshiba 4K Ultra HD Fire TV Edition (43-inch) are now the best-selling TV deals in Amazon history - together selling over six times as many TVs compared to last year's record-setting Fire TV Edition. Other highlights include:

● July 17 was the biggest sales day for smart home devices in Amazon history, with over a million devices sold.
● The Amazon Cloud Cam was the best-selling security camera deal in Amazon history.
● Members stocked up for back-to-school and off-to-college season, purchasing millions of pencils and pens.
● Some of the top sellers from Amazon brands, by category, were Stone & Beam Ceramic Geometric Table Lamp; Presto! Ultra Soft Toilet Paper; Daily Ritual Women's Jersey Short-Sleeve V-Neck T-Shirt Dress and AmazonBasics Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet. businesswire.com

Within first 12 hours Amazon Prime Day Sales Up 89% From 2017

Why Amazon's Prime Day glitches shouldn't hurt future Amazon Web Services sales

Kroger ORC Making an Impact in Tennessee
Retailer is targeting retail crime rings and gangs
Thieves and gangs are stealing products from local grocery stores and reselling the items on the black market or to local convenience stores. Organized retail crime is a multi-billion-dollar business that increases the cost of groceries. It can also put shoppers in danger. Kroger has surveillance cameras in every store to both monitor their products and protect their shoppers.

"Our cameras are about safety first because when you're dealing with criminals there is a chance someone could get hurt," said Robby Baker, Kroger's Asset Protection Manager. Kroger has an Organized Retail Crime Unit (OCR) that targets crime rings in Nashville. "A lot of your gangs now are sending people into the retail world to steal large amounts of items," said the unit's manager. He asked that News 2 conceal his identity because he often works undercover. He told News 2 that his unit targets the "booster" and the "fencing operation."

The booster is the person who steals hundreds to thousands of dollars' worth of products. He or she will act quickly, clearing shelves before walking out the front door. The booster is often poor or addicted to drugs while the fencing operation is the person or persons who buy the goods to resell. "A fencing operator will feed off of that addiction," Baker told News 2. "They know the person's addicted to it, they know they're trying to make money, they can make that person make money for them. They'll send them into a grocery store with a list." The operations cost consumers $54 billion a year nationwide. The unit says over-the-counter medications, meat, beer and Tide are coveted by criminals. wkrn.com

Osceola County, FL: 23 arrested in Osceola County ID Theft Ring
Check your credit card statements because Osceola County deputies have arrested 23 people in a big ID theft ring. They say that nearly 400 people were victimized in Osceola County and across the country. Deputies say that the suspects steal that information through skimmers or buy it from other crime groups. They then use it to purchase diesel. Deputies have sent us photos of cars they have stopped with illegal, hidden gas tanks used to move the fuel around before selling it on the black market. Deputies say they are working with federal authorities to put more people behind bars. fox35orlando.com

Tulare County, CA: Bandits steal $23K in cigarettes, suspects could be connected
to other robberies
ORC Police believe a robbery in Exeter last month is part of an organized group that may have stolen nearly $23,000 in cigarettes from convenience stores throughout Tulare County. The Tulare County Sheriff's Department believes that these same suspects are connected to four other convenience store robberies in Tulare, Pixley, and Traver. thesungazette.com

Update: Riverside, CA: 2 Adults hit stores for months and forced kids to do their dirty work
Darrell Campbell, 32, would walk through major retail stores with children and point to merchandise he wanted the kids to steal, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office. Then the kids would cart the stolen goods out of the store, where Jeammie Preston, 32, was waiting in their getaway car, deputies said. Campbell would pull out a knife to threaten stores' security officers as the children left with the stolen items, deputies said. The children were family members of the pair. sacbee.com


Wichita Falls, TX: Three arrested in $700 Victoria's Secret theft

Layton, UT: Layton Police looking for suspects in theft at C-A-L Ranch store

 

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