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Florida ECC is 90th U.S. Municipality to go Live with TMA's Automated Secure
Alarm Protocol
ASAP-to-PSAP service streamlines communication
and saves lives
 July
22, 2021, McLean, VA
- The Monitoring Association (TMA)
is pleased to announce the addition of the 90th municipality to its expanding
Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) service network. Launched in 2011 as a
public-private partnership,
TMA's ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls
for service from alarm companies
to PSAPs.
The Pasco County FL Emergency Services 9-1-1 Communications Center is the 90th
ECC in the United States and the 10th ECC in the state of Florida to implement
TMA's Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) service. Pasco County went live on
Tuesday, June 13th and Wednesday, June 14th with Vector Security, Rapid Response
Monitoring, Securitas, Affiliated Monitoring, AT&T Digital Life,
Tyco (Johnson Controls),
Security Central,
Protection One,
National Monitoring Center, Vivint, Stanley Security, Guardian Protection, Alert
360 and ADS Security. Brinks Home Security and
ADT will be brought online at a later date.
Learn more about TMA's ASAP service online at
www.tma.us/asap/.
Violence, Crime & Protests
Home Depot Rolls Out New Anti-Theft Technology
Home-improvement chain plans to foil shoplifters with power tools that won't
work if they're stolen
Home Depot is introducing power tools that are activated at the cash register
 The
home-improvement chain is unveiling power tools that won't work unless they're
properly scanned and activated at the register
via Bluetooth technology.
If a thief managed to smuggle a power drill out of the store without paying, the
drill simply wouldn't turn on.
Scott Glenn, Home Depot's vice president of asset protection,
told Insider about
the company's fight against organized retail crime.
He made a point to distinguish between "professional shoplifters" and
disorganized solo thieves. The pros, he said, frequently are connected to a
larger network that can, in some cases, function as a sophisticated "shadow
business."
"There are very organized groups where the leaders at the top are
recruiting people
that are drug-dependent, homeless, or down on their luck and
offering them incentives and providing shopping lists to go out and bring
back certain products," Glenn
said. "At the top levels of these hierarchies, there are absolutely good
administrators that understand the return on their money."
Plastic cases that must be opened by a store associate have become a common
solution to ward off thieves.
 But
for Home Depot's asset-protection team,
locking up all the valuable products seemed like a move that could "damage the
brand,"
Glenn said.
"We certainly don't want to affect the 99.5% of our customers who are just there
to pick up their hammers and nails," Glenn said. "We
don't want to look like an armed encampment."
The new point-of-sale activation feature
will allow the company to
combat theft without significantly altering the shopping experience,
Glenn said. After getting its suppliers, vendor partners, and internal IT team
on board, Home Depot tested the feature at a handful of stores. It will now roll
out to a broader assortment, with the
goal of scaling to all of Home Depot's 1,988 US stores.
businessinsider.com
Retail Body Cams Can Reduce In-Store Violence &
Abuse
Protecting shop workers requires better in-store evidence gathering
Retailers can better protect shop workers from abuse and crime through correct
evidence gathering.
Violence and abuse towards shop workers is becoming endemic in British society.
Video-technology company
Reveal CEO Alastair
Field tells Retail Insight Network how
retailers can better protect shop workers from abuse and crime through correct
evidence gathering.
As Andy Marsh, chief constable of Avon and Somerset Police, explains, "One
area where we haven't yet seen widespread use of body worn cameras is the retail
sector. It would be
incredibly helpful for the police to have access to body worn footage of
incidents towards retail staff and security guards in stores, giving us the
evidence we need for prosecutions.
Without it, the allegation that someone has been threatening, abusive or
insulting is a public order offence that can be very difficult to prove."
The value of desistance
 Marsh
is one of the police officers responsible for introducing body worn cameras to
UK policing. As a result, he understands more than most about how
technology can be used to de-escalate heated situations
and encourage members of the public to moderate their behaviour.
What it comes down to is 'desistance'. Marsh said: "The reason the majority of
people don't speed or drink-drive is because rational human beings weigh up the
risk and consequences of breaking the law and getting caught.
Body worn cameras help provide appropriate desistance, especially where there
are forward-facing screens
so the person interacting with the wearer can see themselves and their behaviour."
This view is supported by the evidence, which shows that
if the camera is switched on before the intervention becomes hostile, it will
generally lead to a de-escalation
or moderate the person's behaviour.
Body worn cameras won't be enough to de-escalate every situation, but they are
proven to improve the efficiency of the police response
and reduce the time taken to reach a resolution. Many police forces are looking
at ways to make it easier for businesses and the public to collaborate on
digital evidence investigations.
retail-insight-network.com
Bay Area Retailers Applaud New ORC Task Forces
Retail task force coming to Bay Area amid spike in shoplifting
San Francisco is ranked number 5 out of the 10 top cities for organized crime
 That
is why the president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce welcomes the
announcement of the CHP led
organized retail task force coming to the Bay Area.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the organized retail crime task force legislation,
which sends a signal that
help is on the way for Bay Area retailers overwhelmed by shoplifters.
That sense of urgency is coming from the president of the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce Rodney Fong. He says the chamber has been active on the state level
lobbying for safer streets as the city recovers economically from the pandemic
"For San Francisco to fully recover economically, 1/3 of San Francisco's economy
is tourism-based, so it is very important that we build that consumer
confidence," Fong said. "Also, the confidence of
business owners and shopkeepers going to work and employees to feel safe
to stand in front of that counter subjecting themselves potentially to harm. we
want to make sure that is removed."
Although the
California Highway Patrol will be the lead agency for the organized retail theft
task force, the
president and CEO of the California Retailers Association, Rachel Michelin, says
that
doesn't mean cup officers will patrolling shopping isles inside of retail stores
The task force will be set up regionally in three locations throughout the
state,
San Diego, Los Angeles, and the Golden Gate region in the Bay Area.
kron4.com
Gunshot-Detecting Technology Facing Big City
Backlash
Gunshot-Detecting Tech Is Summoning Armed Police to Black Neighborhoods
A Motherboard investigation found that
ShotSpotter frequently generates false alerts-and it's deployed almost
exclusively in non-white neighborhoods.
 Chicago
is not alone. Cities and police departments are loath to disclose the locations
of their
ShotSpotter sensors,
but through public records requests Motherboard also obtained years of data from
Kansas City, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; and Atlanta,
Georgia showing where ShotSpotter sensors generated alerts-a proxy for the
general location of the sensors.
In all four cities, the data shows that the
sensors are also placed almost exclusively in majority Black and brown
neighborhoods, based on
population data from the U.S. Census.
In Chicago, the technology's reliability is coming under increasing scrutiny.
Community members and civil rights activists say
false ShotSpotter alerts bring a flood of unnecessary police into their
neighborhoods, and even
accurate alerts can create dangerous situations. In March, one such alert
initiated a police response that eventually
led to the killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo,
who was unarmed when Chicago police shot him.
ShotSpotter's Response
"In general,
police department customers determine coverage areas
with assistance from ShotSpotter by analyzing historical gunfire and homicide
data to assess areas most in need of gunshot detection," Sam Klepper, senior
vice president for marketing and product strategy at ShotSpotter, wrote to
Motherboard in response to questions.
"We believe all residents that live in communities experiencing persistent
gunfire deserve a rapid police response that gunshot detection enables,
regardless of race or geographic location," the company added. "While gun
violence can unfortunately happen anywhere at any time, cities lack sufficient
funds to cover an entire city with gunshot detection technology, so they most
commonly
deploy sensors in neighborhoods with the highest levels of gun violence to make
the greatest impact."
vice.com
Clear Link Between Mass Shootings & Domestic
Violence
Study: Domestic abusers committed 2 of 3 mass shootings from 2014-19
Perpetrators of domestic abuse represent a tiny subset of U.S. gun owners but
pose the greatest threat when
it comes to mass shootings,
according to gun violence researchers who studied cases over a six-year period
from 2014 to 2019.
This group is composed of
people who have abused an
intimate partner or who have a history of having done so,
according to research from the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence published
in the Injury Epidemiology journal.
Two out of every three mass shootings analyzed in that paper were linked to
domestic violence,
said Lisa Geller, the lead author of the paper and the state affairs manager for
the nonprofit affiliate of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Her team looked
at shootings where four or more people died, not including the shooter.
Not only was their a
frequent intersection between domestic violence and mass shootings,
Geller said, but when the two intersected, it typically
raised the risk that someone
would die. On average,
her research team found, two out of six people will survive a mass shooting if
it's not related to domestic violence, but if it is, only one in six made it out
alive.
This small subset of gun owners are taking a lot of lives, not only those of
their partners and bystanders
but also their own,
Geller said.
newburyportnews.com
Chicago's Gun Violence Crisis
Mayor Says Chicago 'Can't Arrest Our Way' Out of Surge in Gun Violence
The mayor called for expanded investments in a variety of programs to help
combat gun violence in the city
While Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says
more federal cooperation will
be required to tackle the problem of gun violence
in the city, she also emphasized that other investments will be key, saying that
the city "can't arrest
its way" out of the issue.
Lightfoot, speaking during a press availability on Thursday afternoon, said that
city officials are exploring different ways to invest in communities, and said
that Chicago will focus on the city's West Side, which has been ravaged by gun
violence.
Lightfoot's comments come as
the city saw three mass
shootings on Wednesday alone.
One teen was killed in North Lawndale, and at least 17 other people were injured
in the three attacks, which occurred within a six-hour span of one another.
In all, nearly 30
people were shot on Wednesday alone,
according to Chicago police.
Lightfoot says that
focusing on issues like gun trafficking will be key,
but continued
investment in anti-violence programs and other initiatives
designed to improve economic conditions in communities throughout the city will
be equally as important, especially on the west side.
nbcchicago.com
Drive-by shootings up 100% in Seattle; shootings at 5-year high in King County
Sacramento Needs to Increase Consequences of Crimes Say Fresno Law Officials
COVID Update
339.7M Vaccinations Given
US: 35.2M Cases - 626.1K Dead - 29.4M Recovered
Worldwide:
193.5M Cases - 4.1M Dead - 175.8M Recovered
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Delta Variant Sweeping the Country
COVID cases are up 55% across the U.S.
Coronavirus infections are rising dramatically
all over the U.S. as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads.
The big picture:
Some "breakthrough" infections are happening to vaccinated people, but
this rising tide of cases and hospitalizations is mainly a threat to those who
aren't vaccinated. And
in some parts of the country, most people aren't vaccinated - so the virus can
still do serious damage.
Where it stands:
Nationwide, the average number of new cases per day was up 55% over the past
week.
New cases increased in 46 states,
and many of those increases are substantial.
Florida is now averaging just under 6,500 new cases per day - by far the most of
any state, and a 91%
jump from the week before.
New cases
more than doubled over the past week in Mississippi
- from about 320 per day to about 660 per day. The state has one of the lowest
vaccination rates in the country; just 34% of its residents are fully
vaccinated.
Earlier this summer, the U.S. seemed to have COVID-19 on the ropes. But now the
Delta variant is sweeping through the country.
axios.com
New Round of COVID Closures Coming?
Governor Says Illinois Could See More COVID-19 Shutdowns
A
new round of pandemic shutdowns could happen in Illinois as neighboring states
report a rapid resurgence in COVID-19 cases,
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said July 19 as he announced his reelection bid.
While Pritzker insisted Illinois was a long way from reinstituting those
restrictions, he said new mitigations policies would look different than what he
ordered in spring 2020. That includes
reassessing pandemic policies that favored big box grocery stores and retailers
as thousands of Illinois' small businesses were forced to close their doors.
"When you walk into a Walmart, in addition to there being a grocery store,
there's also other things that you could buy. And so I think, certainly in
retrospect now, I think what we would say is, 'If
you could have kept the capacity limit appropriate in a smaller venue, it might
have kept that open,'"
Pritzker said.
Admitting to that mistake comes months too late for the
39% of Illinois businesses that never reopened
when the state lifted COVID-19 mitigations in June. The casualty list includes
more than half of the state's food, accommodation, and hospitality and leisure
small businesses
lost since January 2020.
illinoispolicy.org
Retailer Fined for Falsely Claiming Its Clothing
Prevented COVID Spread
Clothing brand fined $3.7M for claiming its clothes stopped COVID-19
 Activewear
brand Lorna Jane must pay a $3.7 million ($5 million Australian dollars) fine
after
it claimed its clothing could stop the spread of COVID-19, a court ruled.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took the brand - which
in 2014 described itself to Insider as the Lululemon of Australia - to court at
the end of 2020.
The ACCC claimed
Lorna Jane made "misleading claims" about its clothes preventing the spread of
COVID-19. The brand
said it sprayed its clothes with a "Lorna Jane shield."
"LJ SHIELD is a groundbreaking technology that makes transferal of all pathogens
to your Activewear (and let's face it, the one we're all thinking about is
Covid-19) impossible by eliminating the virus on contact with the fabric," the
brand wrote in a post on Instagram, per the ACCC.
Lorna Jane accepted the
court's ruling and said that it was misled by a supplier,
the BBC reported. According to the ACCC, the company
made these claims in ads on social media, in its stores, and on its website.
businessinsider.com
COVID - Mental Health - Gun Violence
Americans' Quality of Life is Weakening, New Report Finds
The pandemic, mass shootings, rising obesity and mental health issues have
eroded Americans' quality of life, says a new report from the Legatum Institute.
 The
COVID-19 crisis has weakened prosperity in the United States,
but even before the pandemic,
mass shootings, elevated obesity levels and mental health issues had taken their
toll on Americans' quality of life,
a report by the Legatum Institute published Thursday showed.
The US remains one of the most prosperous countries in the world,
ranking 18 out of 167 nations,
the conservative-leaning, London-based think-tank said in its
2021 United States Prosperity Index.
The index, which Legatum publishes annually, measures US prosperity using 11
pillars:
safety and security,
personal freedom, governance, social capital, business environment,
infrastructure, economic quality, living conditions, health, education and
natural environment.
But while prosperity in the US has been on the rise for more than a decade, it
remains unevenly distributed, Legatum's report found. And "even before the
pandemic, other factors were acting as a brake on progress", Legatum's Director
of Policy Stephen Brien wrote, citing
"increases in suicides, drug overdose deaths and poor self-reported mental
health"
that have led the US to slide in the index's health ranking.
In addition, "the rise
in mass killings and injuries over the past decade has devastated many
communities" and led to
a worsening ranking in the index's safety and security pillar.
"The United States
ranks 122nd globally for mass killings and injuries (including terrorism),
just below Eritrea and just above Iran," the report found, pointing out that
"more than half of the 50 states have been subject to at least one mass shooting
in every year since 2013".
aljazeera.com
Daily COVID Testing at Grocery Distribution
Centers
UK to launch daily COVID tests in food sector to tackle 'pingdemic'
 Daily
contact testing will be rolled out to workplaces in Britain's food sector
so staff who have been 'pinged' by the COVID-19 app can keep working
if they test negative rather than isolating, the government said on Thursday.
Some supermarkets are facing shortages of specific products
- mainly those in demand in hot weather - and some petrol stations have had to
close after the health app told workers to isolate following contact with
someone with the virus.
British newspapers carried front-page pictures of empty shelves in supermarkets,
declaring a "pingdemic".
With cases rising to nearly 50,000 a day in the United Kingdom, hundreds of
thousands of people have been advised - or "pinged" - by the National Health
Service's contact-tracing app to isolate for 10 days.
The government said
priority testing sites would be set up at the largest supermarket distribution
centres
this week, and up to 500 sites would start next week.
reuters.com
Grocery Stores Poised to Benefit from Rising
COVID Cases
Investors bet on grocers like Kroger, Costco as Covid cases spook Wall Street
As U.S. stocks plummeted Monday, investors bet on a familiar category that could
grow if Covid-19 cases continue to rise: Grocery stores. Shares of
Kroger, Albertsons, BJ's Wholesale Club
were up as of midday Monday.
Costco
touched an all-time high of $415.32.
Those stocks were
among the rare bright spots on Wall Street,
as the Dow Jones Industrial average appears headed for its biggest drop of the
year. Several other stay-at-home stocks, including
Clorox and Peloton, were also in the green.
Grocers have been some of the biggest pandemic beneficiaries over the past year,
as restaurants temporarily shut and shoppers stocked up on pantry staples and
cooked at home.
cnbc.com
GOP Governor Says It's Time To 'Blame The Unvaccinated' For Pandemic Surge
McDonald's CEO says corporate staff will return to the office 3 days a week
U.K. Economy Shows Signs of Slowing as Covid Hits Supply Chains
Britain, free of COVID curbs, could see revival of local stores
Back-to-School Shopping Shortages a Warning for
Holiday Season?
Scramble for back-to-school supplies offers preview of what's to come
Retailers are having difficulty getting all the
pens, folders and other supplies they need for the all-important back-to-school
season, amid shipping delays and price hikes.
 Retailers
are navigating a storm of challenges - higher
production costs, cargo delays from China and other Asian countries, and
sky-high shipping rates
- as they gear up for the industry's second-biggest selling season.
"I'm hoping that when everything catches up, we get more stock," Rowe said at
his store packed wall-to-wall with a colorful array of pens and markers.
"Business has been really slow."
Following retailers' moves to prune inventories,
shoppers may find fewer discounts, smaller markdowns and less merchandise in
stores.
Retailers "just don't know how much to stock," said Stacy DeBroff, founder of
marketing data firm Influence Central, which works with retailers such as
JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods and Skechers.
"There continue to be lingering supply-side issues because manufacturing was
done abroad," DeBroff said. JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods and Skechers
declined to comment on inventory.
Experts say back-to-school
may offer a preview of what to expect at Christmastime
as retailers pare offerings to limit risk.
nbcnews.com
The Great Debate: In-Person vs. Remote Work
Is Idea Generation a Reason to Spend Some Time in the Office? Yes and No
One expert says collaboration in person is key,
while another says online collaboration is a better way to expand the pool of
ideas.
Most companies are
still deep in discussions about where employees will work.
While some want employees showing up at a physical location daily, most seem to
be endorsing a hybrid model where employees spend some days at the office and
others at home.
One reason given for working face-to-face is that
ideas flow from face-to-face interaction.
In an article on Carnegie Mellon University's website, Sunkee Lee, an assistant
professor of organizational theory and strategy at the Tepper School of
Business, offers a twist on this idea.
He said that his research has shown that
physically bringing together people who don't typically interact with one
another can spark new ideas.
But that's not the last word on the subject. Darren Menabney, who leads global
employee engagement at Ricoh, said in
an article for Fast Company: "We don't have to be less creative when
working remotely, or even when
working from home-we can be more creative.
By leveraging what's unique about remote work-work from home in particular-we
can boost our creativity, both individually and collectively.
ehstoday.com
How Retail Executives Recharge
4 retail executives on how to turn off work
Retail Gets Real 229: Execs from BJ's, P&G, The Container Store and Carol's
Daughter share the importance of setting boundaries and following passions
It's the time of year for out-of-office notifications. Although taking time off
work is important, it can be a challenge for many professionals, and it's
something our friends at the NRF Foundation have been asking industry executives
about in their "20
Questions" episodes in recent months. Listen to this week's episode to learn
how a variety of retail executives manage to turn off work and take a break.
Featured in this episode:
 ●
Laura Felice, Executive VP & CFO, BJ's Wholesale Club
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Damon Jones, Chief Communications Office, P&G
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Satish Malhotra, CEO & President, The Container Store
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Lisa Price, President &Founder, Carol's Daughter
nrf.com
Security Company Lawsuit
Freeman Security Services accused of not paying employees overtime wages
A Florida private security company has been accused of not paying employees
proper wages. freeman Security Services is being
sued by employees and by Florida Department of Labor.
The lawsuit has
also named the company's president, Darren Freeman.
The four-page complaint alleges not paying overtime wages to numerous employees
and violations of labor laws.
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Survey: Retailers prioritize back-to-school over holiday
At Home opening three stores in July
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Massive Internet Outage Hits Major Retailers &
Other Companies
Sweeping internet outage hits Google, Fidelity, Amazon, major websites
A sweeping internet outage briefly took down several major websites on Thursday,
including
Google, Amazon, Fidelity, Costco, Delta Air Lines, British Airways, Capital One
and Vanguard.
 Many
of the sites were
loading slowly or showing "DNS failure" messages,
but by 1 p.m. ET, most of the affected sites had restored service, according to
DownDetector.
Akamai, a cloud computing company that operates a content delivery network
service, which helps move data across the internet,
said it was
experiencing some problems that appeared to be responsible for the outages.
"We are aware of an emerging issue with the Edge DNS service," the company said
in a statement. "We are actively investigating the issue."
DNS stands for Domain Name System, which
connects domain names to the right IP addresses
so that people can access popular websites.
The Edge DNS service from Akamai services various apps and websites and
keeps them secure from certain cyberattacks called distributed
denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks.
The company said at 12:47 p.m. ET that it "implemented a fix for this issue, and
based on current observations,
the service is resuming normal operations."
nypost.com
Unlocking Victims of the Kaseya Ransomware Attack
Kaseya says it has now got the REvil decryption key - and it works
Kaseya now has a decryption key for customers
affected by the ransomware attack.
American software firm Kaseya
has access to the universal
decryption key for the REvil ransomware that targeted its managed service
provider customers. The
company announced its access to the decryption tool on Thursday, some 20 days
after the ransomware attack took place on July 2.
The
attack affected 60 of its
customers directly and as many as
1,500 of their customers
downstream.
Swedish supermarket chain
Coop's cash registers were down for almost a week due to the attack.
The company's cash registers nationwide were infected via a tainted software
update of Kaseya's product, VSA, which is used to distribute software and
security updates to endpoints. Schools in
New Zealand using Kaseya software were also affected.
According to Kaseya, New Zealand-based security firm Emsisoft has confirmed
the decryption tool does
unlock files encrypted with REvil.
"We can confirm that Kaseya obtained the tool from a third party and have teams
actively helping customers
affected by the ransomware to restore their environments,
with no reports of any problem or issues associated with the decryptor,"
Kaseya said in a statement.
"Kaseya is working with Emsisoft to support our customer engagement efforts, and
Emsisoft has confirmed
the key is effective at
unlocking victims."
The
REvil gang's websites
went dark last week
after US President Joe Biden pressed Russian President Vladmir Putin
to clamp down on cybercriminals based in Russia that were targeting US firms.
zdnet.com
The Growing China Cybersecurity Threat
China's new software policy weaponizes cybersecurity research
 The
Microsoft Exchange server
hack that the
U.S. just attributed to China could become an even more common and dangerous
occurrence with the
announcement of China's new rules for software vulnerabilities. The regulations,
which go into effect in September,
force foreign firms to
disclose these faults if they want to do business in China.
In so doing, they weaponize the vulnerability discovery process and have
significant national security consequences for the U.S. and its allies.
A vulnerability, when correctly exploited, allows
an attacker to access something they shouldn't have been able to reach.
In the U.S., an active community of cybersecurity researchers, incentivized by
corporate bounty programs and lucrative cybersecurity competitions, voluntarily
disclose information about vulnerabilities to companies or the U.S. government.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology manages this process, issuing
an ID number and listing the vulnerability in the National Vulnerability
Database. Government hackers discover their own vulnerabilities, either by doing
dozens of hours of research or by purchasing them from vendors.
But China's new rules on software vulnerabilities try to upend this system. The
new policies co-opt the global cybersecurity community into China's
vulnerability discovery pipeline by
requiring companies doing
business in China to disclose their vulnerabilities to the government.
China's new policies
would allow its hacking teams
to free ride on cybersecurity research
conducted outside its borders, turning defensive research into offensive
capabilities.
thehill.com
Remote Work Driving Phishing Attacks
40% fell victim to a phishing attack in the past month
The global shift to remote
work has exacerbated the onslaught, sophistication, and impact of phishing
attacks, according to
Ivanti. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents said their organizations have
fallen victim to a phishing attack in the last year, with 40% confirming they
have experienced one in the last month.
Eighty percent of respondents said they have witnessed an increase in volume of
phishing attempts and
85% said those attempts are
getting more sophisticated.
In fact, 73% of respondents said that their IT staff had been targeted by
phishing attempts, and 47% of those attempts were successful.
Smishing and
vishing scams are the latest variants to gain traction
and target mobile users. According to recent research by Aberdeen, attackers
have a higher success rate on mobile endpoints than on servers - a pattern that
is trending dramatically worse. Meanwhile, the annualized
risk of a data breach resulting from mobile phishing attacks has a median
value of about $1.7M, and a long tail of value of about $90M.
Hackers are
exploiting enterprise security
gaps in the Everywhere Workplace,
in which remote workers are using mobile devices more than ever before to access
corporate data.
Thirty-seven percent of
respondents cited a lack of both technology and employee understanding
as the main causes for
successful phishing attacks. However, 34% blamed successful attacks on a lack of
employee understanding.
helpnetsecurity.com
What Does It Take to Secure Containers?
A vast majority of DevOps practitioners say
containerization technology provides security, but some companies - especially
security firms - disagree.
 Cloud-native
applications have become an increasingly popular way to deploy software,
especially following the increase in remote work caused by work-from-home
mandates during the pandemic.
Companies use software
containerization - the
most popular example of which is Docker -
to encapsulate software for
development and deployment to cloud infrastructure.
Yet most of the security focus of such DevOps pipelines has been on finding
vulnerabilities during development, scanning images for vulnerable components,
and creating secure configurations. In June, the Cloud-Native Computing
Foundation (CNCF) doubled down on this approach, releasing a whitepaper on
supply-chain security,
aiming to extend
trustworthiness all along the software supply chain, from tools to components to
distribution.
Creating such a trusted pipeline is difficult, but
the consequences of failure
are dire, said Justin
Cormack, chief technology officer at Docker, in a blog post about the CNCF
whitepaper.
darkreading.com
France weighs cybersecurity moves after spyware reports
Register Now for the 2021 RH-ISAC Summit - September 28-29
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LP/AP senior: If your retailer is a member you might want to consider attending
yourself or sending one of your team members who works with cybersecurity on
investigations or e-commerce fraud.
Especially now with the increased ransomware attacks and data beaches and the
corresponding increased attention from law enforcement. Cross pollinating and
building those relationships could pay off long term.
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Counterfeit Electronics
WHAT THE TECH? Counterfeit electronics a growing problem for online retailers
Counterfeit electronics have been a problem for years for Amazon, Walmart, and
eBay.
 U.S.
customs agents in Cincinnati, Ohio says they recovered fake Apple AirPods and
AirPods Pro earlier this month that, if real, would be worth $1.3 million.
In the 2021 fiscal year, U.S. Customs has confiscated some 360,000 pairs of
earbuds
that were coming across the borders from China.
If you've purchased any electronics online in the past few years there's a
chance they were fakes, especially if the price was much lower than other
listings.
Counterfeit electronics have been a problem for years for Amazon, Walmart, and
eBay.
To its credit,
last year Amazon created a counterfeit crimes unit
to spot and remove fake products in its store. A search for AirPods on Amazon
today reveals a small number of results and all from its Apple Store. Cheap
knockoffs branded as original, have been removed. The same is true at
Walmart.com.
On eBay, it's more difficult to tell what's authentic because items are sold by
individuals. Some are
advertised as having verified serial numbers but there are many reports that
fraudsters are using actual Apple serial numbers on counterfeits. I found a pair
of new AirPods Pro for just $142 which is about $100 cheaper than buying from
the Apple Store.
Determining if the AirPods you purchased are real or fake is a challenge unless
you have an authentic pair to compare the sound and build quality.
One giveaway is that oftentimes counterfeits are priced much lower than genuine
Apple products
but that isn't always the case.
Counterfeit electronics continue to be a problem online. Not just earbuds. Fake
SD cards are common at online retailers.
If you suspect purchasing a counterfeit or fake gadget you should report it to
StopFakes.gov.
wrcbtv.com
Court Rules Amazon Must Pay Workers for Security
Screening Time
Amazon must pay Pennsylvania warehouse workers for time spent waiting for
security screening, state Supreme Court rules
Amazon
must pay its Pennsylvania warehouse workers for the time they spend waiting for
and undergoing security screenings,
the state Supreme Court has ruled in a lawsuit led by workers at Amazon's
fulfillment center in Upper Macungie Township.
The decision Wednesday is
part of a nationwide complex of class-action lawsuits on behalf of the online
retail giant's workers,
who must undergo checks to prevent theft after clocking out at the end of their
shifts. The lawsuit by employees of Amazon and its employment agency, Integrity
Staffing Solutions, asserted that Amazon was required to pay workers for that
time under state minimum wage laws.
Attorney Peter Winebrake said the decision
could clear the way for a trial to determine how much Amazon workers in
Pennsylvania could be owed
for time spent waiting in security checkpoint lines.
"I'm delighted with the opinion and looking forward after many years pressing
this case to a conclusion," Winebrake said.
"What the state Supreme Court said is, 'No,
all time is valuable, all time is compensable.
You're not allowed to not pay people for their time because it is insignificant
or de minimus,' " he said
mcall.com
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Governor Newsom Signs Bill to Extend CHP Retail Crime Task Forces Through 2026
 A
new bill that extends the sunset date of the California Highway Patrol (CHP)
run
Organized Retail Crime Task Forces (ORCTF) that help crack down on regional
retail crimes
in the state was signed into law by Governor Newsom on Wednesday.
Assembly Bill 331, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los
Angeles), would specifically extend the statute
first created in the 2018
AB 1065 law that has the CHP, in conjunction with the Department of Justice,
convene a regional property crimes task force to assist local law enforcement in
counties identified by the CHP as having elevated levels of property crime,
including, but not limited to, organized retail theft and vehicle burglary. The
CHP will also continue to support local law enforcement with logistical support
and other resources such as support and equipment and work with them and
district attorneys to identify and prosecute organized theft rings, recover lost
merchandise and reduce associated crime.
The
CHP will also work with the retail industry to reduce incidents of theft and
strengthen locational safety for shoppers
and create an internet-based tip line for anonymous retail theft tips. The CHP
program will now extend until January 1, 2026. In addition, provisions that help
increase the penalties for organized theft rings, such as charging them with
felonies rather than misdemeanors, were also extended until the end of 2025.
californiaglobe.com
Woodbury, NY: Police seeking 4 men in $13,000 Ulta theft
Police are searching for four men who stole $13,000 in perfume from a store in
the Hudson Valley. Officials say they ran into an Ulta in Woodbury with empty
shopping bags and swiped boxes of perfume off shelves and ran out within
seconds. A woman saw the incident unfold from the parking lot and took a picture
of a license plate, which police confirm is from one of two vehicles believed to
be involved. Authorities say this store has been hit two other times since March
and that the same group of people could be to blame, as well as for other
larcenies at Ulta stores in New Jersey.
bronx.news12.com
Pembroke Pines, FL: Thieves steal nearly $3K in beauty supplies from Ulta store
Police are searching for three people who, they said, were responsible for
stealing thousands of dollars in beauty supplies from a store in Pembroke Pines.
Surveillance video showed two of the subjects inside of the Ulta Beauty store on
Pines Boulevard and 118th Avenue, July 8. Police said the duo walked out with
baskets filled with nearly $3,000 worth of merchandise.
wsvn.com
Midland, TX: MPD asking for help to identify $3,000 Target thieves
Midland Police are asking for help from the community to identify a man and
woman accused of theft. According to a Facebook post, the pair pictured below
have stolen from Target on Midland Drive several times over the last few weeks.
In total, they have allegedly stolen more than $3,000 worth of merchandise.
yourbasin.com
Murrieta, CA: 2 Men Arrested For Stealing $1,300 In Shampoo,
Hair Products From CVS
Two men suspected of stealing more than $1,000 worth of shampoo and other hair
products from a Temescal Valley store were out of custody Thursday. Jose Antonio
Pajareto, 47, of Corona and Dennis Michael Rogge, 31, of Wisconsin were arrested
last week on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy, grand theft and shoplifting.
news.yahoo.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Golden Valley, MN: Menards closes Golden Valley store for night after family
protests worker's death
 Police
say a Menards employee was killed Thursday morning after an accident at the
store in Golden Valley. Officers say it appears
the worker was using a forklift when a pallet of lumber fell on top of the
forklift, killing the man.
When emergency crews arrived shortly after 10 a.m., they found the worker pinned
under the forklift and unconscious. In a statement, the store said the accident
occurred in the outside yard at the store at 6800 Wayzata Boulevard. Police say
OSHA has been notified of the accident. In a statement, a store spokesperson
wrote: "We are a small family here at Golden Valley and we are all in shock. Our
thoughts and prayers are with our Team Member's family." Hours after the death,
the family of the victim, identified by them as James Stanback, visited the
store where he died.
The demonstration
prompted a large law enforcement response from several different agencies across
the Twin Cities metro,
with police officers attempting to push the crowd out of the store at one point.
Golden Valley Police were called to the store around 10 Thursday morning after a
911 caller reported a male employee was unconscious and pinned under a forklift.
Just four hours later, the outdoor lumber yard of the store was blocked off and
closed to customers, but the rest of the store was open for business. Mystaya
Stanback believes out of respect for his loved ones, the store should have shut
down for the day.
A representative from Menards tells FOX 9 Stanback was certified to operate a
forklift.
Minnesota OSHA has been notified of his death and is investigating.
The store shut down for the day around 5:30 p.m. A sign put up outside the store
Thursday night explained the store would reopen at noon on Friday. It's still
unclear how many, if any, arrests were made.
fox9.com
Philadelphia, PA: 'Football Argument' Ends in Killing at Iconic Philly
Cheesesteak Spot Pat's King of Steaks
 A
Philadelphia Eagles fan allegedly shot and killed a New York Giants supporter as
they were waiting in line at iconic Philadelphia cheesesteak joint Pat's King of
Steaks early Thursday morning. The two men got into a heated argument about
football around 1 a.m., according to the store's manager. As the quarrel
intensified, it got physical and one man, wearing an Eagles jersey, pulled out a
gun and shot the other before fleeing in a van, The Philadelphia Inquirer
reports. The Eagles fan ultimately surrendered to police near another City of
Brotherly Love landmark: the Liberty Bell.
thedailybeast.com
Chicago, IL: Man Shot And Killed Inside Family Dollar Store In Woodlawn
A 31-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon at a Family Dollar
store in Woodlawn. Police said the man was inside the Family Dollar store on the
6300 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue around 12:45 p.m., when a gunman walked
up and shot him multiple times in the head, face, and body.
chicago.cbslocal.com
Bradenton, FL: Former employee killed during fight with current employee at Take
5 Oil Change shop
Questions remain as deputies in Manatee County try to put together what happened
Thursday morning at a Take 5 Oil Change business. A former employee is dead
after a current employee said he had to arm himself with a knife for protection.
Detectives are still talking to witnesses, hoping those who were here can give
them a better idea of what happened. Just a few hours after opening, around 10
a.m., deputies say a truck pulled into the back bay, which is typically what
customers do. People normally pull in and sit in their cars as oil changes are
complete. Manatee deputies say the person behind the wheel was a former employee
of the shop. He got into an argument with a current employee and flashed a gun.
That's when a fight broke out between them. Deputies say the current employee
armed himself with a knife and stabbed the man. Deputies say the men knew each
other, but beyond that they're trying to figure out what led up to the fight.
fox13news.com
Memphis, TN: One person detained after deadly shooting at South Memphis shopping
complex
A man is dead following a shooting at a shopping center in Memphis Thursday
evening. According to the Memphis Police Department, the shooting happened at a
shopping center on South Third Street. When officers arrived to the scene, they
found an unresponsive man. He was pronounced dead at the scene. One person has
been detained in connection with the shooting.
wmcactionnews5.com
Washington DC: 2 Men Shot Near Restaurants on 14th St. NW;
Diners Scramble for Cover
Two men were shot in an area of Northwest D.C. known for its popular restaurants
Thursday evening, sending diners scrambling for cover. The men were shot at the
intersection of 14th and Riggs streets near Logan Circle about 8:20 p.m., police
said. Both are recovering at hospitals. Police believe one of the men was
targeted while the other appears to have been an innocent bystander. One victim
fell to the sidewalk. The other made it to a nearby restaurant where customers
and staff rushed to help. The double shooting happened about a half block from
where 53-year-old Jeremy Black was struck and killed by a stray bullet three
weeks ago while he was taking an after dinner walk with his wife.
texasnewstoday.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Smash & Grab Theft Bill
Washington, DC: Capito, Graham, Colleagues reintroduce Legislation to Combat
'Smash and Grab' Firearms Theft
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and their
colleagues today reintroduced the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act
of 2021 to
address the rapid increase in the number of "smash-and-grab" thefts targeted at
federally licensed gun dealers.
"I am a staunch defender of Second Amendment rights, but I will not tolerate
criminals who steal firearms," Senator Capito said. "With burglaries and
robberies of gun dealerships and manufacturers on the rise, I'm proud to help
reintroduce this legislation to deter would-be criminals and keep our
communities safe."
"I am proud to reintroduce this important legislation to make
'smash-and-grabs' more costly for criminals,"
Senator Graham said. "I believe in responsible gun ownership - not criminals
stealing firearms." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
has reported a 43% increase in the number of FFL burglaries and a 15% decrease
in the number of FFL robberies from 2019 to 2020. While the number of robberies
decreased, the number of firearms taken during robberies increased by 53%. In
2020, 6,269 firearms were taken in nationwide FFL burglaries and robberies.
capito.senate.gov
Lufkin, TX: Man gets life in prison for robbing Whataburger
An Angelina County jury sentenced Billy Pegues to life for robbing a Lufkin
Whataburger using a gun and a note that threatened an employee's life. Billy Ray
Pegues received a life sentence with parole. He will have to serve 30 years of
that sentence before he is eligible for parole. In August of 2019, around 3
a.m., Pegues entered the restaurant, leaned over the counter, sliding a note to
the employee that said "Don't make me kill you. Listen. Open up the cash
register. Give me all the cash. I swear I will blow your (expletive) brains out
if you try any slick (expletive). Try me."
kltv.com
Topeka, KS: Customers help employees thwart chain-saw theft
Madison, TN: Man demanding cash ransacks, sets fire to cash advance store
Colorado Springs, CO: Fires started in 2 businesses along West Colorado now
being investigated as possible arson
Madison County, ID: Walmart Burglar to spend 18 months in prison for stealing
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Beauty - Murrieta, CA
- Burglary
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CBD - Wadena, MN -
Burglary
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Cash Advance -
Madison, TN - Robbery/ Arson
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Cellphone - Grand
Rapids, MI - Robbery
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Family Dollar - St
Helena Island, SC - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Tolland,
CT - Burglary
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Gas Station - El
Cerrito, CA - Armed Robbery
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Hardware - Durango, CO
- Burglary
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Hardware - Topeka, KS
- Armed Robbery
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Hardware - Wichita, KS
- Burglary
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Jewelry - Temecula, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry- Greensboro, NC - Robbery
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Jewelry - Waco, TX - Burglary
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Jewelry - Yonkers, NY - Robbery
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Liquor - Troup County,
GA - Burglary
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Restaurant - Colonie,
NY - Burglary
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Restaurant -
Wilmington, DE - Armed Robbery / Little Caesars
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Walmart - Paducah, KY
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• 39 burglaries
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