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CIS Security Solutions is very thankful for all
of our wonderful clients and friends
From our family to yours, we
hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving filled with love, laughter, and all your
favorite dishes
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From left to right: Donna Carey - VP,
Marketing & Inside Sales; Savanna Mulvaney - Office Manager; Peter Morello, Sr.
- President; Pete Morello, Jr. - Vice President; Paul Morello - VP, Sales NE
Region
Florida based CIS
Security Solutions, Inc. is there for you, all year through. CIS will find the
right solutions for you. 30 years of providing excellent customer service, and
the ability to have a product made, improved, or customized is what makes CIS so
special. Our CIS Family is growing. CIS' unique line of IR protected tags and
tethers is expanding and has recently been part of a study with the Loss
Prevention Research Council (LPRC).
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Macy's Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade: How an Old-School Tradition is
Meeting Modern-Day Security Threats
Macy's AP & Law Enforcement join forces to keep a
storied NYC tradition safe
for the 3.5 million people in attendance
 The
annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is a tradition that millions look forward
to each year, whether it's watching it in person or on their television screen -
this year will be no exception.
On Nov. 22, when the retail giant hosts its 92nd annual parade kicking off the
holiday season, more than
3.5 million people are expected to flood the streets of New York City
to get a glimpse of the event's 17 giant character balloons, 26 parade floats,
12 marching bands, and 1,100 dancers featured along the 2.5 mile route.
While the parade has evolved into a star-studded, must-see holiday spectacle for
many people, it also poses a slew of security threats - especially during a time
when terrorism fears run high.
From an LP/AP perspective, Macy's Asset Protection team is on the front lines
before and during the event. They prepare access routes for
ticket holders, protect parade performers during rehearsals, and coordinate
crowd control as the event happens.
Over 50 Macy AP executives team up with
the FBI's JTTF, FDNY's Hazmat
and Rescue units and thousands of New York's finest which include ESU/Counter
Terrorism units to ensure that the parade goes according to plan without
incident and that Santa arrives at Herald Square promptly at 12 noon.
For their part, the NYPD handles the event like a presidential
visit. As we
reported in the Daily in 2016, police in New York ordered 81 sand trucks to line the parade route
and block intersections during the 2016 parade. Preventative measures like this
are even more critical for the parade, especially after
last year's truck attack in New York, which left eight people dead and
nearly a dozen injured.
 During the parade, thousands of law enforcement officers and police dogs
will be on hand to keep an eye on the route and sniff out any possible
chemical weapons.
This
all-hands-on-deck approach by law enforcement, security personnel, and LP/AP
teams is the culmination of six months of preparation time meant to ensure
that the parade goes as planned and those in attendance feel secure.
It is this
diligent, behind-the-scenes work that has allowed a storied New York
tradition to continue for nearly a century, giving millions of families a
chance to safely cheer on the start of the holiday season.
This article was originally published in the
Nov. 22, 2017 Daily.
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81 Dead, 50,000 Homeless, 870 Missing, 11,713
Homes Destroyed,
472 Businesses Destroyed
The Camp Fire, 75 percent contained as of Tuesday morning, has burned through
more than 152,000 acres, killing at least 81 people to date. But the true scale
of the human catastrophe will be clear only months down the line, once search
crews finish turning through thousands of burned homes and businesses, some of
which are now mere ash. Experts fear that the final number of fatalities could
reach well into the hundreds and that the remains of some will never be found.
Sheriff Thomas D. Allman of Mendocino County, who lived through the wine country
fires last year, said he expected the true human cost of the Camp Fire to
continue growing in the weeks and months to come.
"I think we are going to have a lot of elderly people who were wiped off the
face of the earth because they were sleeping and they never got awakened,"
Sheriff Allman said. The death toll, he predicted, would "clearly go into the
hundreds unfortunately."
For now, 870 people are listed as missing by the sheriff's office, a shocking
and fluctuating number that underscores the chaos sown by the blaze. The number
peaked at more than 1,200 over the weekend and was revised as survivors were
located.
nytimes.com
napavalleyregister.com
California Wildfires - Red Cross Caseworkers Help
with Next Steps
 During
this holiday season, hundreds of Red Cross volunteers will be lending support
and comfort to victims of the California wildfires throughout the Thanksgiving
week. It's been nearly two weeks since the fires began and the American Red
Cross is still there, providing shelter, food and comfort for people in need as
the fires continue to burn.
HOW
YOU CAN HELP Entire communities and families have been left reeling from
these deadly wildfires. Help people affected by the California wildfires by
visiting redcross.org, calling 1- 800-RED CROSS or texting the word CAWILDFIRES
to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Donations enable the Red Cross to prepare for,
respond to and help people recover from these disasters.
redcross.org
85 Percent of US Consumers Surveyed Believe
Holidays Are a Riskier Time to Shop
More Worried about Identity Theft Than Holiday Overspending
According to a new study from Capital One, identity theft and financial fraud
are the biggest concerns for the holiday shopping season. Thirty-seven percent
of respondents were worried about identity theft, even more than spending too
much money. Forty-one percent of respondents said they had been a victim of
fraud during the holidays or knew someone who had experienced it. This was the
driving factor behind their concerns. The most common experiences were credit
card fraud (48%) and identity theft (33%). One in six consumers said they were
more worried about fraud this year than last year. Consumers believe the
holidays are a risky time to shop. A staggering 85% said this time of year is
riskier than most, and 26% said Cyber Monday is the most dangerous day of the
year.
lowcards.com
Hikvision facing potential disruption from U.S.
component ban
Shares in Hikvision have declined 37% from a high earlier this year
The U.S. government is considering extending a ban on its agencies buying facial
recognition and smart camera products from Chinese CCTV giant
Hikvision to a ban on U.S. suppliers selling components to the company, over
its use in surveillance systems related to the detention of thousands of
minorities in the Xinjiang region, the
Financial Times reports.
Several core components of Hikvision products are produced in the U.S., and the
government is report to be considering sanctions against Chinese companies and
officials over the situation in
Xinjiang, which could result in a ban on importing components from the U.S.
An industry analyst told
PYMNTS.com that such a ban would be a major disruption for the company, at
the least. Hikvision Vice President Huang Fanghong told said during an earnings
call earlier this year that the company is not dependent on American suppliers,
however. Shares in Hikvision have declined 37 percent from a high earlier this
year.
Hikvision cameras have been used in many applications in the U.S., and the firm
hired
public relations help to determine the impacts of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) on it in August.
biometricupdate.com
Gap to Close Hundreds of Stores 'Quickly &
Aggressively'
Gap Inc. is considering shutting hundreds of its namesake stores at shopping
malls as sales
at the Gap brand continue to slide. The retailer said Tuesday evening that
it still has 775 Gap-branded stores globally, in addition to those under the Old
Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta banners. Gap Inc. has more than 3,000 stores
around the world. The namesake brand, however, has been the weakest unit of the
company of late. In the third quarter, sales at Gap stores open for at least 12
months fell 7 percent, while those at Old Navy and Banana Republic were
positive.
"There are hundreds of other stores that likely don't fit our vision for the
future of Gap brand specialty store, whether in terms of profitability,
customer experience, traffic trends..." CEO Art Peck said Tuesday evening during
a call with analysts. "The range from the very best to the very worst stores is
extremely broad."
Peck said that should the company "address" the bottom half of its fleet of Gap
stores, it could contribute more than $100 million to earnings. He added the
company is looking to make decisions about shutting stores "with urgency,"
including looking at closing some of Gap's "amazing flagships." Peck told
analysts. "But I plan to exit those that do not fit the future vision quickly.
I'm going to move thoughtfully but aggressively."
cnbc.com
Alberta, Canada: Police agencies across Alberta united in
effort to thwart Organized Retail Crime
According to the Calgary Police Service, a total of roughly $10 million in
merchandise has been stolen from retailers in Calgary and the surrounding
communities in 2018. The most commonly targeted businesses sell: High-end
fashion and fragrances, Cosmetics, Athletic-wear, Book stores, Electronics,
Groceries, and Liquor.
ctvnews.ca
Kwik Trip 2018 Chain of the Year
Convenience Store Decisions Publication
With its unsurpassed vertical integration and decades-long commitment to
co-workers, guests and the communities it serves, the chain exemplifies what it
means to be a "people company."
Kwik Trip remains one of the country's fastest-growing family-owned and operated
convenience store chains. Today, it operates 640 stores in three states and
should get to 700 by the end of 2019. Its 22,000 employees serve about 1.2
million customers daily.
cstoredecisions.com
Ikea To Cut 5% of Workforce - 7,500
Administrative Jobs
The group, which owns 367 IKEA stores, estimates that at the same time it will
create 11,500 new jobs in the period as it expands with new store formats and
online, grows its service offering and invests in digital capabilities. cnbc.com
Retail Buyers Are 61% More Likely to Listen to
Vendors
When They Come to Meetings With Data Backed Recommendations
Askuity releases the 2019 Point of Sale (POS) Data Study that explores how
brands are using data to build stronger retail relationships and drive faster
business growth. The third annual industry report comes out ahead of Black
Friday and the holiday season, retail's busiest time of the year.
The
study finds that brands who are not actively analyzing and managing POS data
are already behind the competition and are reporting lower sales growth.
Brands need to be leveraging point of sale data to improve promotional
effectiveness, ensure on-shelf availability and optimize merchandise
assortments. These business drivers are even more important during peak selling
seasons like the holiday shopping period.
prweb.com
How Black Friday Shopping Behaviors Are Changing
The number of omnichannel Black Friday shoppers continues to rise-from 24.3% in
2017 to 35.6% this year, according to
BestBlackFriday.com-while
the number of in-store shoppers remains relatively steady. According to a
McKinsey survey, nearly half of shoppers (48%) plan to shop both online and
in-store on Black Friday, while 14% said mostly in-store and 4% said in-store
only. emarketer.com
New York's Attorney General issues consumer alert
for Black Friday
and Cyber Monday
As New Yorkers prepare for the holiday shopping season, Attorney General Barbara
Underwood recently issued tips to help consumers protect themselves on Black
Friday and Cyber Monday. "As holiday shopping season begins, New Yorkers should
be on alert that sometimes bargains may not be as good as they seem," Attorney
General Underwood said in a news release. "When purchasing gifts for family and
friends, we encourage consumers to use our tips to protect themselves against
fraudsters and scams."
saratogian.com
Director Compliance Investigations Posted For
Walgreens in Deerfield, IL
Provides strategic direction and global oversight of processes relating to
investigations including the intake, triage and conduct of investigations.
Coordinates with Compliance Officers and Legal Department for all business units
to ensure appropriate management and prompt resolution to internal
investigations. Responsible for implementation of case management system and
global compliance hotline. Provides substantive guidance relating to
investigation matters. Collaborates with cross-functional partners including
Asset Protection, Employee Relations, Privacy, Legal and Audit relating to
investigation handling and reporting. Provides strategic direction relating to
design of monitoring metrics and KPIs relating to investigations, including
assessment of root cause and remediation. Identifies opportunities to enhance
processes relating to compliance hotline and case handling. Oversees development
of case handling protocols and provides training to cross-functional colleagues
on a global basis that conduct investigations.
walgreens.com
Got the Flu? Don't Be a Superhero―Stay Home!
Last year's flu season was severe, with a record-breaking number of cases
reported, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). This year the CDC
projects it to be even worse.
.png) Recent
survey conducted by Staples Business Advantage (SBA), an arm of the
office-supply chain, found that of the respondents who reported contracting the
flu last year, 45 percent blamed their illness on colleagues who came to work
with the flu.
Workers need to know that getting the flu shot is important even when the
season's flu shot is not considered particularly effective. The flu vaccine
doesn't offer complete protection; the CDC estimates that the vaccine reduces
the risk of getting the virus by about
40
percent to 60 percent. Still, if one does contract the flu after getting a
flu shot, it will likely be a milder case, the CDC reports.
There will still be those who come to work with the flu. To help prevent the
spread of germs, health experts suggest distributing hand sanitizer to each
employee, posting signs in break rooms and restrooms that encourage frequent
hand-washing, encouraging employees to keep work spaces clean, and even
reminding workers to use tissues or disinfecting wipes when touching shared
objects such as telephones, elevator buttons, doorknobs, sink faucet handles and
the like.
"We did see an increase in deaths [from the flu in 2017] ... and probably the
biggest factor was and is the low rate of immunization." shrm.org
What stores are open on Thanksgiving? List of
major retailers' hours for Black Friday deals
Publisher's Note:
The Daily's 'Canadian Connections' column will not be publishing today.
It will resume publication on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Quarterly Results
Gap Q3 sales up 7%
Global Old Navy comp's up 4%
Gap Global comp's down 7%
Banana Republic Global comp's up 2%
Caleres Q3 Famous Footwear comp's up 2.8%, Brand Portfolio sales up 8.5%
BJ's Wholesale Q3 comp's up 1.9%, sales up 4.3%
Stage Stores Q3 off-price comp's up 9%, department stores down 5.5%, total
company down 2.8%
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Shrink Management as a Service provides UK retail chain Asda with real-time
intelligence in the cloud
 Tyco Retail Solutions today
announced its
Sensormatic Shrink Management as a Service (SMaaS), is delivering clear
visibility into Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) and loss prevention
systems for all 642 Asda stores in the UK. For the first time a UK retailer has
a fully connected estate and a browser-based, real-time view of its entire
shrink management ecosystem, enabling increased reliability and performance of
EAS systems for a new generation of innovative loss prevention.
Sensormatic SMaaS is a Google Cloud-based service that provides both device
management and predictive analytics to manage shrink while addressing underlying
root causes. With easy to navigate dashboards, it helps makes sense of the data
enabling retailers to identify problems earlier and make better business
decisions.
The SMaaS implementation with Asda is part of a wider five-year strategy that
one of Britain's leading retailers is carrying out with Tyco Retail Solutions to
refresh its EAS solutions and tagging eco-system, as well as drive meaningful
alarm action at the store level. Using SMaaS, Asda's loss prevention
professionals receive real-time, exception-based, automatic notifications to
help identify serious issues that need immediate attention. By taking
preventative measures, Asda can begin to streamline operations and help ensure
their investments are futureproofed, through initiatives focusing on centralized
management processes, optimizing store labor and possible training gaps.
"Building upon our EAS foundation, we now have new insights and centralized
management which provides efficiencies with our EAS equipment, allowing us to
refocus our efforts and more proactively manage our estate in real-time across
642 stores. The true benefit will be realized when we can act predictively to
support our stores with this new level of visibility SMaaS delivers," said
Andrew Rees, senior manager, Asset Protection, Asda.
"Sensormatic Shrink Management as a Service delivers actionable intelligence for
operations and merchandising," said Catherine Walsh, senior vice president
and general manager, Tyco Retail Solutions. "By examining this data, Asda is
now in a better position to understand the potential impact on shrink, and make
effective data-driven decisions that will positively influence bottom-line
results."
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Report: Tens of Thousands of E-Commerce Sites at
Heightened Security Risk
Report delivered at Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council meeting
flags issues in deployments of Magento, a popular e-commerce platform.
Magento is a popular e-commerce platform, used by nearly 74,000 web sites in
North America alone. And according to new research, 79% of them are at
heightened risk from cyber criminals.
Researchers at Foregenix analyzed more than 170,000 Magento websites and found
that 90% of those using Magento 1 are at this heightened risk, while roughly 30%
of those with Magento 2 are at the elevated risk level.
The heightened risk comes from unpatched vulnerabilities, including 2.3% of all
the Magento websites that have not yet patched for Magento Shoplift, a
vulnerability that was disclosed (and a patch made available for) in January of
2015. Foregenix delivered the results of their research in October at the
Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council European Community Meeting in
London. For more,
read here.
darkreading.com
SSN News Poll: Readers weigh in on cyber trends
The Security Industry Association recently released
a benchmarking study that outlined potential cyber risks and the emerging
technologies that could help protect systems. Security Systems News' readers
shared some of their opinions on end user attitudes and rising threats that were
outlined in the report.
Sixty percent of poll respondents said that they are seeing end users budgeting
more for cyber risks and cybersecurity. Ten percent said that they are seeing a
small increase, while 30 percent said that end users are not yet budgeting.
When it comes to risks, 80 percent predict that attacks through partners,
customers and vendors will be a main concern in the future. An additional 20
percent are keeping their eyes on the supply chain.
Behavioral analytics stand to help reduce cyber risks in the future,
according to half of all respondents. Thirty percent pointed to smart grid
technologies, while the remaining 20 percent said that deception technologies
are most likely to help.
securitysystemsnews.com
Consumers Are Forgiving After a Data Breach, but
Companies Need
To Respond Well
A solid response and reputation management program will go a long way in
surviving a major breach.
 According to Chris Morris, principal of the Advisory Financial Services
Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice at PwC US, although no one action will win back
every customer, some measures are more likely to resonate. These include
compensation for victims, a detailed explanation of what happened, and a clear
description of the privacy policies in place.
In PwC's "Digital
Trust Insights" survey, only about half of midsize and large businesses in
important vertical sectors say they are building resilience to cyberattacks and
other disruptive events to a large extent, Morris adds. And fewer than half say
they are very comfortable their companies have adequately tested their
resistance to cyberattacks.
"Consumers want businesses to be responsive, transparent, and take steps to
ensure a breach does not happen again," Morris says.
darkreading.com
Six Quick Wins for Detection and Protection to
Fight ATO
Account Take Over (ATO) attacks remain one of the most persistent threats to the
R-CISC community. ATO continues to be highly successful as a result of large
data breaches that provide information threat actors need to conduct
reconnaissance and ATO attacks on a massive scale. Successful data breaches are
flooding the market with compromised username/password combinations, which
threat actors continually use to test (and compromise) additional accounts
across the retail industry. Analysis from cybersecurity firm Shape Security
indicated that 90% of the login attempts made at online retailers' websites were
hackers using stolen data. As part of the R-CISC's 2018 Holiday Guidance effort,
the Fraud Working Group has outlined six quick wins for detection and prevention
of ATO.
We have promising cybersecurity strategies, now
the hard part: implementation
The Trump administration recently published two papers defining its
cybersecurity vision and strategy for the nation. While many of the broad
objectives for protecting U.S. interests in cyberspace are not new, some
specific actions are worth noting.
thehill.com
The threat of shadow admins in the cloud to
enterprises
Having shadow admins in the cloud means unauthorized users can access everything
a legitimate administrator can. Expert Ed Moyle explains how this works and how
to stop it.
Engineers at CyberArk Software Ltd., an information security company based in
Newton, Mass., highlighted
one such potential issue in a session at RSA Conference 2018, in which they
outlined the problem of shadow admins in the cloud. They pointed out situations
where, even though a given user didn't appear to have administrative-level
access -- something along the lines of the AdministratorAccess
permission in AWS -- they still had sufficient rights to grant themselves
administrator-level permissions, compromise the security of cloud resources or
otherwise perform privileged functions.
The CyberArk researchers pointed out
10 different permissions that can be used to give a user full admin rights
that, when viewed by a casual reviewer or by someone who does not fully
understand what the permissions do, don't appear to be administrative in nature.
CreatePolicyVersion and SetDefaultPolicyVersion are both examples from the AWS
parlance that fit the description from the CyberArk research. Those roles are
effectively the same as having administrator-level permission because the user
can create and apply a new version of the policy that does grant them
administrative rights. So, even though they're not an admin now, they can become
one by virtue of the permissions they already have.
Situations like that can be hard to see in on-premises deployments, but in the
cloud, they can be even more difficult to find and address.
techtarget.com
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Auror is a crime
intelligence platform that empowers store teams and police with the information
they need to stop organized retail crime. Auror's software makes it easy for
retailers to capture information about incidents, connect the dots on offenders,
and collaborate to build strong cases.
Co-Founders & Co-CEOs Tom Batterbury and Phil Thomson tell us how Auror's
platform works, what results their customers have seen, and what their plans for
expansion are in the North American market.
Tom Batterbury and Phil Thomson - Auror - Quick Take 18
In this LPNN Quick Take, Tom
Batterbury and Phil Thomson share how New Zealand-based
Auror
got started, where the name of the company comes from, how their crime
intelligence platform empowers retailers, and how the platform easily integrates
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Emotion and accent voice recognition capabilities
patented by Amazon concern privacy experts
A recent
patent issued to Amazon which would allow Alexa to recognize a range of user
characteristics, including accent and emotional state, which
The Intercept reports could raise similar civil rights issues to facial
recognition technology, including concerns over surveillance, privacy, and
discriminatory advertising.
The capabilities described in the patent include identifying user's ethnicity,
accent, emotional state, gender, age, and background noise.
In response to queries from the publication, Amazon said it will follow its
privacy policy, and that the patent is exploratory. biometricupdate.com
Sacramento Amazon center reopens one week after
Camp Fire smoke
led to closure
Following a weeklong closure brought on by horrible air quality in the area,
Amazon's fulfillment and warehousing center at Sacramento International Airport
has reopened, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed.
The center went back online Saturday evening, according to an automated phone
line giving status updates to its more than 2,000 employees. Amazon spokeswoman
Lauren Lynch confirmed Monday in an email that the building has reopened.
Workers were
evacuated from the fulfillment center about 3 p.m. Nov. 11, as smoke from
the devastating Camp Fire still burning in Butte County made its way to the
region, Lynch and a warehouse employee told The Bee last week. The air quality
conditions at the center were poor enough to prompt lead management at the site
to close the building as a safety precaution and keep it closed.
Employees of the center were then notified on a day-by-day, shift-by-shift basis
whether they were expected to report to work.
Lynch said last week that associates' pay would not be impacted by the site
closure. Leaders at individual sites determine whether a building will be
temporarily closed, Lynch explained.
sacbee.com
Somali Workers in Minnesota Force Amazon to
Negotiate
 Labor
organizers and researchers said they had not heard of Amazon previously coming
to the table after worker pressure, even for private discussions.
Now, tied together by a close cultural connection and empowered by a tight labor
market, East African workers appear to be the first known group in the United
States to get Amazon management to negotiate.
Last week, Amazon offered some compromises at its facilities in the Minneapolis
area. The company said it would require a general manager and a Somali-speaking
manager to agree on any firings related to productivity rates, designate a
manager to respond to individual complaints within five days and meet with
workers quarterly.
By Saturday night, though, a group of about 40 workers had decided the
compromises were insufficient, with a primary concern being the pace at which
they are expected to work. They voted to stage a large protest and walkout on
Dec. 14, in the thick of the holiday season.
Sixty percent of Amazon's 3,000 workers in one region are East African, Awood
estimates. More than
46,000 Somali-born residents and their children live in the state.
Amazon recruited East African immigrants heavily with local advertisements and
billboards. Hundreds signed up through the Confederation of Somali Community, a
nonprofit. For a while, Amazon ran buses to Shakopee from the Minneapolis
neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside, known as
Little Mogadishu, and the company has spaces at local warehouses dedicated
to prayer and the ritual washing custom in Islam.
No unions represent Amazon workers in the United States, although a group
is trying to organize employees at Whole Foods, which Amazon owns. In Awood
the East Africans have begun organizing.
nytimes.com
Fake Black Friday apps and websites are now
out in full force
A new report from cybersecurity firm RiskIQ reveals that criminal activity
involving Black Friday scams have significantly increased since 2016.
The company ran a query of popular retailer brand names alongside the
keywords "Black Friday" against its global blacklist and mobile app database
and found that 237 (5.5%) of the total 4,324 results are malicious. Running
the same query with "Cyber Monday" instead yielded 44 malicious apps out of
959.
Although RiskIQ did not reveal the top retailer brands that they tested,
their analysis revealed 6,615 malicious apps that were pretending to offer
holiday shopping deals but in reality, they are scams.
And don't even think that you're safe if you're using apps from the official
app stores. RiskIQ noted that the Google Play store hosted most of the
blacklisted apps found in the second quarter of 2018.
Another method that crooks are employing to victimize deal hunters is
through malicious websites.
RiskIQ's analysis outed more than 1.451 blacklisted web addresses and URLs
that referenced "Black Friday" or "Cyber Monday." These sites are dangerous
since they are known for malvertising, malware and phishing scams.
komando.com
Counterfeiters to target Millennial shoppers on
Black Friday: How can brands fight back?
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Sarasota County, FL: 15 People Arrested in a 3-day
Operation in targeting Retail Theft
Sarasota County Sheriff Deputies team with Loss Prevention professionals in a
Retail Blitz Operation, Lt. Dan Tutko, Special Investigation Section,
coordinated the recent 'mop up' operation, arresting 15 suspects.
mysuncoast.com
 Palm
Bay, FL: Vero Beach man charged with stealing $16K from Home Depot stores from
Stuart to Palm Bay
A Vero Beach man who deputies believe stole $16,000 from Home Depot stores on
the Treasure and Space coasts was arrested and charged with 17 felonies,
according to the Indian River County Sheriff's Office.
The man would enter stores empty-handed, select pricey power tools and attempt
to return them, his arrest warrant said. He would either receive a refund or, if
denied, simply walk out with the merchandise. Many of the stolen items were
later pawned.
tcpalm.com
Erie, PA: Detroit Man Charged, Second Suspect
Still at Large in $200,000 Jewelry Store Robbery
 State
Police have made an arrest and had been searching for a second suspect in a
jewelry store robbery. Police say as many as four suspects in two vehicles may
have been involved in the heist. It all started around 9 p.m. Monday at the
Jared jewelry store on Interchange Rd. in Millcreek. Police say two men used
hammers to smash multiple glass cases and made off with a large amount of
jewelry in excess of $200,000. Witnesses gave police a description of the
getaway car - a red van stolen out of Detroit - seen speeding away. A few
minutes later, State Police started a chase along I-90.
It ended when the suspects crashed the mini-van along the interstate near East
Springfield; no other cars were involved. Both people inside jumped out of the
van. Police arrested one suspect, who has since been identified as Roderick D.
Brown, 19, of Detroit. The other robber took off into the woods. Millcreek
Police Lt. Mike Little said Tuesday afternoon that investigators are looking
into whether four suspects with two vehicles were part of the smash-and-grab
robbery.
goerie.com
Lyndhurst, OH: 3 arrested for stealing nearly
$3,000 in goods from Dick's
Dick's Sporting Goods reported that two women had shoplifted and then left the
premises in a SUV bearing temporary tags. Police located the SUV and conducted a
traffic stop. Inside the vehicle were three suspects who were all arrested. The
suspects included women, 30 and 42, and a man, 24, all from Toledo. The suspects
stole merchandise worth $2,924.
cleveland.com
Centerville, GA: US Marshalls arrest Victoria
Secret shoplifter who nearly run down a Police Officers
A southwest Georgia woman is accused of almost running over law enforcement
officers as she fled Galleria Mall in Centerville. Deandrea Shanise Bailey, 24,
of Nona Road in Albany, was arrested at about 3:45 p.m. Monday. Members of the
U.S. Marshal's Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force captured Bailey, who had
eluded authorities for nearly four months, Centerville police Capt. Billy Boney
said. Police were called to the mall after more than $1,000 in merchandise was
taken from the Victoria Secret at the mall in late July.
macon.com
 Evesham,
NJ: 'Crime crew' arrested in South Jersey cell phone store burglaries
Three men suspected in a South Jersey cell phone burglary spree have been
arrested. "In October of this year, a dozen South Jersey towns were hit by an
organized Philadelphia crime crew who were targeting cell phone stores, stealing
thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. The trio would have one member
distract the store employees while the others utilized cutting tools to remove
security measures on the high-end cell phones," police said in a statement. On
Sunday, an officer walking in the Marlton Specialty Shops on North Route 73 saw
the three men exiting the Sprint Store.
6abc.com
Lethbridge, Alberta, CN: Police have charged 7
teenage boys in connection to an "organized" theft from Park Place Mall
Police alleged that on Nov. 16 a group of five teens entered the iWorld store
and stole nine iPhones in less than a minute, then moved on to the nearby
Staples store where two more iPhones were stolen. Police said a Staples employee
who attempted to intervene was threatened before the teens fled.
globalnews.ca
Menomonee Falls, WI: 2 women steal nearly $300 in Nike
merchandise from Kohl's
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 Houston,
TX: Teen arrested and charged in murder of store clerk gunned down during
robbery
A teenager has been arrested for the murder of a beloved convenience store
clerk. Jose Bonilla-Ortiz, 18, was arrested Saturday and charged with shooting
Faruk Bhuiya during a robbery on Nov. 10 at the Metro Food Mart in the Spring
Branch area. According to details released in court, Bonilla-Ortiz and Bhuiya
struggled over a security door that the victim tried to close after
Bonilla-Ortiz ran to the cashier area. Bonilla-Ortiz put his weapon between the
door and door jam, fired once and struck Bhuiya in the face, court records show.
Bhuiya died at the scene.
abc13.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Santa Ana, CA: Woman attacks McDonald's Manager over
Ketchup
Police are looking for a suspect in a violent attack on a McDonald's manager
after the suspect requested ketchup. According to authorities, on Oct. 27, a
woman entered the employee back door of the restaurant, located in Santa Ana,
California, around 11 p.m. and asked workers for ketchup. The store manager
informed the woman that she could not be in the employee area of the McDonald's,
and the woman became violent, kicking, punching and choking the manager.
6abc.com
Cleveland, OH: FBI joins search for woman wanted
in Woodmere Village
Armed Robberies
The FBI is now involved in the search for a woman who committed a brazen armed
robbery in Woodmere Village. The woman first targeted the Cleveland Consignment
Shoppe November 15. In that incident investigators now believe the woman was
checking the store's security. Investigators say she returned the following day
at 11:50 a.m. You can see in surveillance pictures the woman was armed with a
shotgun.
cleveland19.com
Miami, FL: "Honest Mistake", No theft charge for
Florida Prosecutor
in shoplifting case
Authorities have decided not to pursue theft charges against a veteran Florida
prosecutor in a shoplifting case involving beauty products. The SunSentinel
reported Tuesday that prosecutors in Miami decided against moving ahead with the
misdemeanor theft case against 56-year-old Broward County Assistant State
Attorney Stacey Honowitz. Aventura police said Honowitz put three items in her
purse worth about $43 at a Publix supermarket in September and left without
paying. Her lawyer says it was an honest mistake. Honowitz has been a prosecutor
for three decades and is a supervisor in her office's sex crimes and child abuse
unit. Officials say Honowitz has been restored to her $108,000-a-year job after
a temporary suspension.
citynews1130.com
Columbia, SC: Man arrested for CVS Armed Robbery, charged
with six additional Armed Robberies
Jefferson, PA: Police search for suspects in string of
Greene County robberies
Fort Pierce, FL: Dead alligators seized in Walmart
shoplifting case
UK: Cheltenham, England: Smash & Grab Armed Robbers hit
Bakers Fine Jewellery
Fred Meyer Jewelers in Happy Valley, OR reported a Grab
& Run on 11/18, item valued at $1,785
Jared in the Millcreek Market Place, Erie, PA reported a Smash & Grab Armed
Robbery on 11/19, items valued at over $200,000
Zales in the Tanger Outlet Center, Washington, PA reported a Grab & Run on
11/20, item valued at $6,667
Sentencings, Indictments & Charges
Grand Rapids, MI: After more than a dozen store robberies,
trio sent to Federal Prison; sentenced to 87 to 102 months
Solomons, MD: Woman to serve 4 years for 7-Eleven Armed
Robbery
Keene, NH: Manager of Vape Store pleads guilty to faking
Burglary to cover debts; sentenced to 1 year
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Book Store - Smyrna, DE - Armed Robbery
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C- Store - Nacogdoches, TX - Armed Robbery
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C- Store - New Madison, OH - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Lansing, MI - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Fresno, CA - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Columbia, SC - Armed Robbery
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Clothing Store - Woodmere Village, OH - Armed Robbery
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Cellphone Store - Evesham, NJ - Burglary
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Cellphone Store - Norfolk, VA - Armed Robbery
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Cellphone Store - Seffner, FL - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Rogers County, OK - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Lansing, MI - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Fresno, CA - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Medford, OR - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - San Diego, CA - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Humboldt County, CA - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Levittown, PA - Robbery ( bank inside)
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Jewelry - Erie, PA - Armed Robbery
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Pharmacy - Jacksonville, NC - Armed Robbery
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Rite Aid - Levittown, PA - Robbery
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Target - Powell, OH - Burglary
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Walgreens - Little Rock, AR - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - North Syracuse, NY - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Dale City, VA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - San Angelo, TX - Armed Robbery
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