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Has Facial Recognition Won The Race For Biometric Authentication?
COVID-19 has driven demand for contactless
biometrics - namely facial recognition
 Fingerprint identification had once been the most widespread biometric
technology around the world. However, many argue that this technology has quite
a lot of shortcomings. For instance, even expensive fingerprint reading scanners
have a hard time identifying dirty or wet fingers, plus, some people's
fingerprints are unreadable. Furthermore, being vulnerable to the temperature
and precipitation, such scanners consequently cannot be used outdoors. Plus,
fingerprint reading scanners do not meet today’s demand for contactless
biometric technology.
According to a new comprehensive report 'Global Contactless Biometrics
Technology Market 2020-2026', "the Global Contactless Biometrics Technology
Market size is expected to reach $18.6 billion by 2026, rising at a market
growth of 19.1% CAGR during the forecast period. The development and
acceptance of contactless biometric technologies have been driven by demand for
faster and easier authentication processes and boosted by demand generated by
the COVID-19 pandemic."
Thus, it is contactless biometric recognition technologies that meet the
latest requirements.
Too expensive?
Until quite recently, face recognition technology was too expensive and poorly
scalable. Nevertheless, a lot of factors have changed in recent years. To start
with, facial biometric technologies have become more accessible for a large
audience. Being affordable, reliable, and easy to use, facial recognition
systems provide a high level of security. Furthermore, the facial recognition
system allows you to instantly notify about facial identification cases.
Impact of COVID-19
The contactless facial recognition system is especially relevant today due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, wearing a mask is required almost in all public
places. That is why those systems aimed at people's safety monitoring had to
promptly develop their solutions according to the new requirements. Developers
of facial biometric solutions have encountered an issue of face detection in
masks. It was essential to adapt the software to such changes, more specifically
update the face recognition algorithm.
Global transformation
As a matter of fact, facial recognition algorithm has evolved around the world.
According to the tests conducted by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), the top face identification algorithm of 2020 has an error
rate of 0.08% compared to 4.1% for the best algorithm in 2014. Such improvements
will reduce risks linked to misidentification, and expand the advantages that
can come from proper use in the long run.
Read More Here
Protests & Violence
Election Unrest Continues Throughout the
U.S.
 Election Protests: A divided US takes to the streets – in pictures
NYC: More Than A Dozen Arrested When Post-Election Protests Turn Violent For 2nd
Night In A Row
Portland: Protesters target a city commissioner's home, set fire to city hall
Philadelphia: Opposing protests emerge near Convention Center as ballots are
counted
Guardian Angels expanding efforts to Philadelphia amid concerns of unrest
LPRC CrimeScience Podcast:
Post Election Police Activities - Communities Policing - Law Enforcement Tech
Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, Tom Meehan
and Featured Guest Richard Long (3SI)
On this week’s special episode, we welcome Richard
Long, 3SI Senior Vice President & Director of Global Law Enforcement, to discuss
Election Day and much more with our co-hosts – including law enforcement
planning leading up to the results, community policing, LPRC’s virtual SOC,
election misinformation, the global retail data, and emerging technologies.
Listen Here
Businesses paying up to protect workspaces amid potential unrest
Business owners and operators in some parts of the nation are paying big bucks
to hire private security to guard their buildings and offices in the event of
any potential unrest following Election Day, experts and officials said Tuesday.
Former federal law enforcement officer David Katz, who now owns a New York-based
security firm, said clients have recently sought advice for how they should
prepare for any potential riots or looting that could break out as results from
the 2020 Presidential Election trickle out.
“I said physical security is first. Board up,” Katz, founder and CEO of
Global Security Group, Inc., told Fox News on Tuesday. “And understand that
you're going to be facing people who will bring tools to this party. No
nails, screws … something very substantial there.”
New York City businesses from Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square to high-end
shops in Manhattan’s chic SoHo neighborhood have already covered their windows.
Katz said the cost of hiring private security to stand guard outside
businesses and buildings could reach up to $2,500 to $3,000 per hour,
depending on size and scope of the job. Most guards, many of whom are retired
law enforcement, might typically be paid $30 to $40 per hour for an assignment,
but given the circumstances could instead be paid as much as $60 an hour, Katz
said. In turn, he said would have to bill nearly $100 per hour, per guard, just
to turn a profit.
foxnews.com
Denver: 2 private security companies cited for licensing violation
in connection to security guard shooting at protest
Two companies that worked to assign an unlicensed security guard to work for a
Denver news station at a protest, where the guard was involved in a fatal
shooting, have been cited. Police detectives with the Denver Department of
Excise and Licenses cited Pinkerton and Isborn Security with a
municipal code violation for employing or directing an unlicensed security
guard.
The two companies are accused of arranging for Matthew Dolloff, 30, to provide
private security services for 9News during a protest on Oct. 10. Dolloff was not
licensed to do so as required by the City and County of Denver. During the
protest, Dolloff got into an alleged altercation with 49-year-old Lee Keltner
near Denver's Civic Center Park. During the incident, Dolloff allegedly pulled a
gun and shot Keltner. Keltner was pronounced dead at Denver Health Medical
Center.
thedenverchannel.com
Chicago's Looting Task Force
Inside CPD's Efforts To Find The Looters From This Summer's Mayhem
 In
a high-tech command center on the second floor of the Area 2 police
headquarters, Chicago police detectives are involved in a needle-in-a-haystack
effort to identify thousands of people responsible for looting hundreds of
stores in the downtown area.
The assault on Michigan Avenue and other commercial areas on the Near North Side
unfolded in the early morning hours Aug. 10, after erroneous reports of a
juvenile being shot by Chicago police. By the time the mayhem ended, hundreds of
businesses had been vandalized and looted, and over a dozen police officers were
injured. And that incident followed a similar outbreak of violence following the
shooting of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May.
Within 24 hours of the August attacks on the downtown area, the city set up
the Looting Task Force to put names to the faces in the crowd. It isn't
easy. For the last two months, detectives assigned to the task force have been
gathering hundreds of surveillance videos from store owners, matching those up
with city cameras in an effort to capture usable images of the perpetrators, and
track their movements from store to store.
So far, 87 individuals have been charged, most of them on felony looting and
burglary counts. But detectives concede that thousands more are out there
to be found.
nbcchicago.com
Looting Caravan Hits Bay Area
Marauding Groups of Looters Target Multiple Retail Stores Across the East Bay
A memo seems to have gone out to would-be looters that this week was going to be
a good time to hit some stores in the East Bay. But unlike some looting and
vandalism that occurred around the time of weeks-long unrest around the country
over the killing of George Floyd in late May, this week's activities seem to be
just wanton smash-and-grabs with no protests attached.
Things started with a looting caravan that smashed windows and
ransacked a Starbucks in the Fruitvale on Tuesday night. As the
Mercury News reports, Oakland police were chasing many reports of looting
around the city on Tuesday — and at one point they found a group of 50 people
attempting to break into a building in West Oakland.
On Wednesday night, a caravan of looters descended on a
CVS store in Emeryville, and similarly ransacked the place, with most
of the suspects fleeing the scene. Also on Wednesday night, Alameda County
Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene of a Big 5 store in San
Lorenzo where a group of 20 attempted looters were allegedly trying to break in
and get to the gun section. As
ABC 7 reports, "weapons and ammunition [were] scattered across the ground
right outside the store," and across the street, deputies said they saw around
50 people running out of a Walmart store as well.
sfist.com
Judge orders one trial for four ex-cops charged in George Floyd's killing, keeps
case in Minneapolis
COVID Update
US: Over 9.9M Cases - 241K Dead - 6.3M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 49.4M Cases - 1.2M Dead - 35.1M Recovered
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
203
Law Enforcement Officer Deaths:
135
*Red indicates change in total
deaths
U.S. coronavirus cases climb by record for second day in a row, up over 120,000
Coronavirus cases in the United States surged by at least 120,276 on Thursday,
according to a Reuters tally, the second consecutive daily record rise as the
outbreak spreads in every region.
U.S. cases have risen by over 100,000 for three out of the last seven days,
putting pressure on hospitals in several states and causing families to rethink
their plans for Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 26.
Twenty out of 50 states reporting record one-day increases on Thursday.
Previously, the most states that reported records for new cases in a single day
was 16 on Oct. 30, according to Reuters data. While the spread of the virus is
wide, the outbreak is hitting the Midwest particularly hard, based on
daily new cases per capita.
Some cities and states have announced new measures such as curfews or reduced
gathering sizes to combat the spread of the virus, but the United States has
taken no action at the federal level. Seventeen out of 50 states do not
require masks.
Many countries in Europe are shutting high-risk businesses and even ordering
national or regional lockdowns in the face of a second wave of the virus.
reuters.com
Trader Joe's - 1,250 COVID Cases & 2 COVID Deaths
Trader Joe's Shares Information on Covid-19 Safety Practices and Positive Cases
 “While
we do not know the specific details of other grocers, we believe it is important
to our crew members and customers to share and understand what has happened in
our stores from the beginning of the pandemic through October 31, 2020,” Trader
Joe’s stated in a release.
Out of Trader Joe’s
514 stores, 24% have had zero
positive COVID-19 cases
reported among store members. And
83% of stores have had zero to
four cases.
The company said it has had a
total of 1,250 positive cases
reported during the past eight months. Out of 53,000 store members, this is a
rate of approximately 2.4%.
Of the workers who tested positive and completed a quarantine period, 95% have
recovered and chosen to return to work.
There have been two deaths in
which COVID-19 was suspected to be a contributing factor.
Trader Joe's noted that it has developed, and continues to develop, procedures
that meet or exceed CDC guidelines to safeguard the health and safety of its
workers and customers (details are available at www.traderjoes.com).
"The health and safety practices and procedures that have been put in place, and
that continually evolve, have been effective because of the great work done by
our crew members in every store, every day, said Jon Basalone, president of
stores. “We appreciate our crew members' diligence and our customers' patience
as we work each day to make our stores safe for everyone."
prnewswire.com
Will store certifications make customers feel safer?
New Safe Shop Program Offers Consumers 'Certified-Safe Retail'
With stores open but concerns remaining about contracting the novel coronavirus,
customers are seeking assurance that retailers are taking safety seriously. An
industry group hopes to give them that assurance with a new certification for
retailers.
The Safe Shop Assured certification program is being informed by a board of
retailers, suppliers and retail experts and is meant to establish best practices
for store safety and sanitation, allowing retailers to demonstrate their
adherence to them,
according to CStore Decisions.
To earn the certification, retailers will have to demonstrate that they have
fulfilled a checklist of safety standards and be confirmed by an independent
third party. Upon receiving the certification they will be able to display Safe
Shop signage, graphics and protective equipment as they see fit.
The program is a response to the confusion both U.S. retailers and customers
have experienced during the pandemic regarding appropriate safety measures and
precautions. The lack of comprehensive federal guidelines in the U.S. for the
management of in-store safety during the pandemic has left it to individual
states, municipalities and retailers to determine the best course of action for
protecting employees and customers.
retailwire.com
McKinsey Forecasts the Pandemic Holiday Season
Report reveals changing behaviors as holiday shoppers
contend with the pandemic restrictions
 New research conducted by Periscope® by McKinsey, which helps companies achieve
sustainable revenue growth, reveals how the 2020 holiday shopping season will be
like no other, with consumers adjusting their holiday rituals. The
2020 Holiday
Season: Navigating shopper behaviors in the pandemic reveals six trends
retailers need to adjust to, following the unprecedented changes in consumer
shopping behaviors and the re-introduction of COVID-19 lockdowns and
restrictions.
Insights from more than 3,500 holiday shoppers in China, France, Germany, the
United Kingdom, and the United States, show that the pandemic has induced
changes in behaviors that are now set to remain part of the retail experience.
It means that the stakes for this year's holiday shopping season have been
ramped up - both for attracting new shoppers and winning back those previously
loyal to their brand.
- While overall holiday spending falls, shoppers eye blockbuster day deals
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An early start to avoid disappointment
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Black Friday events need to be sensitive to shopper anxiety
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Brand loyalty remains vulnerable
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Digital peaks, but catalog browsing not out
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Health and safety is top of mind
prnewswire.com
State
Lockdowns/Restrictions Announced:
NY Gov. Cuomo Increasing National Guard Presence at NY Airports
to Stop Untested Travelers From Entry
Massachusetts: New coronavirus restrictions take effect
Connecticut rolls back Phase 3 reopening, adds new restrictions
Rhode Island issues stay-at-home advisory as COVID-19 cases hit new record
Louisiana Governor Extends Current COVID Restrictions Through December 4
Alabama extends mask order into holiday season,
eases restrictions on retailers and restaurants
Illinois warns of possible statewide COVID-19 restrictions as cases increase
NJ ‘close’ to new COVID restrictions, Murphy says, as pandemic surges
Light at the end of the lockdown tunnel
Don't Ignore the Good News On Covid-19 From Asia
The strategies pursued by South Korea, Vietnam, China and others do still seem
to be paying off. While the total Covid-19 death toll is between 500-700 per
million people in France, the U.K., Spain and the U.S., in China and South Korea
it is below 10 per million. Cases are a less perfect measure, but there’s a
similar observable gap. Wuhan, once the epicenter of Covid-19, is welcoming
tourists again.
The perception of an Asian advantage in this pandemic often falls prey to
essentialist thinking: That somehow the East is doing things the West could
never do, and that it’s largely down to profound differences in values, politics
and culture.
There are likely far less intangible forces at work. If the key to avoiding more
lockdowns is finding a way to “live with the virus” — through widespread
testing, tracing of contacts and isolating positive cases to slow transmission
— Western countries have made structural, not cultural, errors.
bloomberg.com
COVID-19 lockdown temporarily closes several Apple Stores in Italy
British police arrest 104 Londoners for breach of lockdown restrictions
Some grocery stores are limiting toilet paper and disinfecting wipe purchases
again
It's Beginning to Look Like a Very Early Holiday Season, Everywhere You Go
 by
Tony D'Onofrio, Global Retail Influencer
With COVID-19 severely impacting retail across the globe, of great interest has
been the continuing research and predictions of the 2020 holiday shopping
season. For the world's two largest economies, China and the United States, the
good news is that after very steep drops at the start of the pandemic, retail
sales have already recovered to 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
How are retailers entering the holiday season? What is the latest consumer
sentiment? Who will win the season based on the latest forecasts?
The Sectors Leading the
Holiday Season
2020 data through August highlights the key sectors entering the holiday season
from a position of strength. In that
timeframe,
non-store, grocery, and DIY are the only segments delivering solid results
that are above the retail average of 5.3%.
Highly challenged are clothing
and accessories which enter the holiday season at negative 35%.
Forty-seven percent of consumers state they will do all or most of their
shopping online. 23% say they will shift more of their spending to curbside or
pickup in-store versus last year. 52% have not been to a mall or department
stores since the start of the pandemic.
Read more here
Election delays hinder store traffic and online sales as holidays launch
Potential unrest isn't the only challenge for retailers right now, as the
election deters shopping more broadly. Store traffic could fall 35% to
50% this election week, which began Nov. 1, especially with delayed poll
results, according to a Tuesday note from Morgan Stanley analyst Kimberly
Greenberger. The unpredictability itself muddies the forecast, but she noted
that in 2012, election week traffic fell 4.4 points month over month and 8%
year over year, and in 2016, traffic was down 1.9 points month over month
and 7.6% year over year.
The impact extends online as well, with Adobe warning that, if past patterns
hold, Wednesday's online retail sales could drop by $300 million to below $2
billion; the firm is forecasting $16 billion in online spending during
election week (Nov. 1-7).
The firm also found that 26% of U.S. consumers said the election's
outcome would impact their holiday spending, with 63% of retailers
believing that consumers will be more confident after the presidential
election.
retaildive.com
Customers Demanding Omnichannel Options
Survey: Return policies and home delivery services influence purchase
decisions
According to an October 2020 consumer survey from Pitney Bowes, more than
half of respondents (54%) say they are unlikely to purchase a product they
want if the retailer has a poor or unclear return policy. Almost four in
10 (40%) respondents are holding back from making purchases where in-person
drop-off is the only returns option offered, and 43% find in-person returns
to be a negative or annoying experience compared to home pickup.
Additionally, while many retailers have expanded curbside pickup offerings
in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, 67% of respondents still feel home
delivery is more convenient. Almost one-quarter of respondents (23%)
consumers feel like they're being put to work in the curbside pickup
process, with 40% (including about half of millennials) saying they should
get a discount for using curbside pickup.
chainstoreage.com
New Jersey bans plastic and paper bags in one of nation’s most stringent
laws
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law prohibiting N.J. retailers and
other businesses from handing out single-use paper and plastic bags,
single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers. The law,
which is being called one of the toughest of its kind in the country,
goes into effect in May 2022.
In addition, food-service businesses will no longer be able to hand out
plastic straws, unless requested by a customer, starting in November 2021.
The bans apply to a variety of businesses, including restaurants,
convenience stores, food trucks, movie theaters and grocery stores that are
2,500 sq. ft. or larger.
chainstoreage.com
Coresight Research
Store Tracker
8,072 2020 YTD Closures
3,328 2020 YTD Openings
CVS picks Aetna exec as next CEO
Papa John's to open 1,200 international locations and 180 in North America by
2026
Furniture Factory Outlet files for bankruptcy
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Director, Loss Prevention Stores job posted for Tractor Supply in Brentwood, TN
 This
Director of Loss Prevention is responsible for supervision of multiple regional
loss prevention managers throughout the country to include staffing,
development, performance oversight and budgeting for the assigned regions. This
position will develop, maintain and manage exception-based reporting review for
the regional loss prevention manager team and drive shrink reduction initiatives
in all stores. Evaluates accounting and operational processes and recommends
programs to reduce risk and losses. careers-tractorsupply.icims.com
Senior LP Job Postings Removed from Website:
● VP of Safety & Risk
Management - Bowlero Corp. - Mechanicsville, VA
● VP - Loss Prevention - Gap Inc. - San Francisco, CA
● VP, Loss Prevention - Public Storage - Glendale, CA
● VP, Profit Improvement - Tractor Supply Co. - Nashville, TN
● Dir. Asset Management - CHEP - Alpharetta, GA
● Sr. Dir. Enterprise Security - Cola-Cola Consolidated - Charlotte, NC
● AP Dir. - CVS Health - Lincoln, RI
● Field Div. AP Dir. - CVS Health - Scottsdale, AZ
● Dir. of Safety - Kanes Furniture - Pinellas Park, FL
● Dir. Corporate Security - Keurig Dr. Pepper - Plano, TX
● Dir. AP Investigations - Luxottica - Mason, OH
● Dir. Supply Chain AP - Macy's - City of Industry, CA
● Dir. of LP - Natural Grocers - Lakewood, CO
● Manager, Physical Security Programs & Technology - Grainger - Lake Forest, IL
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Auror Investigate: Why we built it for retail investigators
 By Tom Batterbury, Co-CEO & Co-Founder at Auror,
the Retail Crime Intelligence Platform working with retailers
around the world.
Two years ago, I was sitting in the ‘war room’ at one of our retail partners,
watching them piece together an Organized Retail Crime (ORC) investigation. Over
the last 12 months, they had developed their methodology and it was delivering
exceptional results, in fact, their ORC program was delivering an ROI of 800%.
But I still felt our platform could support them better, and help them drive
more outcomes in less time. Why?
Like many retailers, they would have printouts and surveillance images of the
boosters and fencing operations they were uncovering in their war room. They
would have a to-do-list on the whiteboard. They would have numerous documents
piecing together the investigation narrative to present to their law enforcement
partners. This involved lots of back and forth, along with a lot of
documentation updates. I felt this was an opportunity to build purpose built
software to support retail AP/LP investigations including but not limited to
ORC.
We made the decision to invest in building something ground breaking. To do what
we do best, and challenge the status quo by taking a new approach to how a
system should work for our retail partners. We call it Auror Investigate.
Auror Investigate: launching November 10
Click
here
to read the full article which covers:
• Challenges we uncovered facing retail AP/LP investigators
• The problems Auror Investigate is looking to address
• A preview of Auror Investigate, a new platform to resolve more cases, faster.
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Paying a ransom to prevent leaking of stolen data is a risky gamble
Ransomware groups have realized that their tactics are very effective for
targeting larger enterprises, and this resulted in a 31% increase of the average
ransom payment in Q3 2020 (reaching $233,817), ransomware IR provider Coveware
shared in a recently released report.
They also warned that cases where the attackers exfiltrated data and asked for
an additional ransom to delete it have doubled in the same period, but that
paying up is a definite gamble.
“Despite some companies opting to pay threat actors to not release exfiltrated
data, Coveware has seen a fraying of promises of the cybercriminals (if that is
a thing) to delete the data,” they noted.
The data cannot be credibly deleted, it’s not secured and is often shared
with other parties, they said. Various ransomware groups have posted the
stolen data online despite having been paid to not release it or have demanded
another payment at a later date.
helpnetsecurity.com
The One Critical Element to Hardening Your Employees' Mobile Security
COVID-19 has exposed longstanding gaps in enterprise mobile security.
Creating a comprehensive mobile security plan and mandating compliance with that
plan are essential to closing them.
American businesses have learned the hard way that they should be paying more
attention to hardening their employees' mobile devices. There has been a drastic
increase in the amount of malware, phishing, network breaches, and cyberattacks
in general since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, and many of them
were related to the large number of employees working remotely.
darkreading.com
Request for Comments: PCI Card Production v3 Draft Standard
 From
2 November to 1 December 2020, PCI SSC stakeholders can participate in a
Request for Comments (RFC) on PCI Card Production v3 Draft Standard.
Stakeholders can review the primary changes which are summarized in the Card
Production and Provisioning Security Requirements v3.0 Summary of Changes
document.
blog.pcisecuritystandards.org
Pandemic Ushering in New Era of Digital
Work
Work from anywhere: Is 2021 the future of work?
As head of the digital whiteboarding platform Miro, which has doubled its user
base from 3.7M to 9M since March and is now used by 95% of Fortune 100
companies, CEO Audrey Khusid has a front row seat to the evolution of the
changing workplace. Based on his observations from 2020, he predicts that work
from home will become work from anywhere (WFX), and there will be a massive
digital transformation as a result.
What else will change? Here are his six most poignant predictions for 2021:
1. Work from home will become work from anywhere (WFX)
More and more companies are announcing that remote work will be permanent, even
when travel restrictions and social distancing will not be. The result: As
travel opportunities begin to reopen, millions of employees will turn their
new-found remote status into the chance to work from anywhere, relocating
outside of urban centers, making up for lost time with family, or participating
in remote years and other "workation" opportunities. And because companies have
spent the last year investing in technology that enables virtual collaboration -
for many of these employees the transition will be seamless and unnoticed by
employers.
2. Hybrid work will present new challenges to unequipped teams
Thousands of enterprises will gradually begin phasing teams back into the office
by adopting hybrid strategies that combine remote and in-office work. While
Hybrid work is a good compromise to protect employees with health concerns, the
risk becomes introducing "worst of both worlds" work habits into company
collaboration. To mitigate these effects, enterprises can embrace a culture of
asynchronous sharing to replace many of the status and other routine meetings
that fill up employee calendars. For brainstorms and real-time meetings,
companies must make meetings interactive so that virtual attendees can
participate with just as little friction as in-person ones, and craft
collaborative practices that are inclusive to remote workers, like holding
meetings entirely virtually even if some members are in the office.
3. The heartland will see an "undraining" of brains
4. Engagement is the new productivity
5. In the new world of work from anywhere (WFX), employees must amplify their
engagement to find advancement opportunities
6. Young careers may suffer from lack of organic mentorship opportunities
zdnet.com
Can virtual working move beyond clumsy Zoom calls?
Caught Zoom fatigue yet? New research predicts advanced technologies and 5G will
add options for a full range of sensorial experiences to help companies
reimagine the virtual working experience.
The study, “The
Dematerialized Office” from Ericsson, based on a July survey of nearly 8,000
white collar workers globally, sees the pandemic as a tipping point for
digitized work communications. Six in 10 respondents foresee a permanent
increase in online meetings with customers, suppliers and colleagues,
necessitating a need for greater tools to support remote interaction. Other
drivers include possible sustainability benefits and interest in communicating
at a higher level.
Not unsurprisingly, one prediction was that augmented reality (AR) and
virtual reality (VR) technology would “enable the experience of collaborating in
the same room with colleagues” without physically leaving home.
retailwire.com
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4 Types of eCommerce Fraud That Have Increased During the Pandemic
As the
fraudsters become smarter and
more adept at defeating the traditional methods of fraud prevention,
detecting subtle tells and behavioral analysis have emerged as effective ways to
protect both consumers and merchants from unwanted access and transactions. As a
merchant, look for holes in your anti-fraud stack and realize that the
fraudsters will always evolve. If your fraud prevention technology remains
stale, you are inviting chargebacks.
Bots
The dark web is filled with easily obtained lists of usernames and passwords,
and fraudsters are able to purchase large quantities of such combinations for
relatively little money. These credentials are then loaded into a server and
used to ping eCommerce and other sites in an attempt to find a combination that
works. It’s essentially the fraudster’s version of playing a slot machine,
hoping for the jackpot winning combination of username and password.
Account Takeover
Once a fraudster gains access, taking over an account is simple. In a typical
account takeover (ATO) scenario, the fraudster will change subtle pieces of
information associated with the account, such as phone numbers, emails, and
addresses. The fraudster now “owns” your account and can transact, purchasing
goods for their own use or for the purposes of selling them.
Fake Accounts
Fraudsters will visit a site or app and create a new user profile, using
components that are stolen in combination with their own information, such as
burner phones and fake email addresses.
Transaction Payment Fraud
The result of all three attack vectors is almost always a chargeback. The real
consumer has realized that their account has been compromised and that
transactions have been made with their payment method without their knowledge or
consent.
securitytoday.com
Amazon to double company's Black leadership over next two years
FOX Business has learned that Amazon is planning to double the number of Black
leaders in its senior ranks as the company ends the year and heads into 2021.
The electronic commerce giant said that the effort "includes working to
double the representation of Black Vice Presidents and Directors in 2020 and
again in 2021" and making "increased investments and programming designed to
grow Black leaders from within."
The move follows repeated calls from its employees to proactively address racial
bias and discrimination at the company. As of the end of last year, over 80% of
Amazon's managerial roles around the world were held by either white or Asian
people, while Black people accounted for just 8.3% of those positions, according
to company data. Overall, Black employees made up roughly 26.5% of Amazon's
entire workforce in 2019.
foxbusiness.com
Amid Election Chaos, Jeff Bezos Sells $3 Billion Worth Of Amazon Shares
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Update: Tampa’s Gift Card King Gets 5 Years for Money Laundering, Loses
Escalade, $690,000
U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Stephen H. McIntyre (51,
Tampa) to five years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to commit
money laundering. The court also ordered McIntyre to forfeit more than $690,000,
a 2014 Cadillac Escalade, and other funds that are traceable to the proceeds of
the money laundering conspiracy. McIntyre had pleaded guilty on January 21,
2020. According to court documents, from March 2014 through February 2019,
McIntyre operated SHM Gulf Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Tampa Gift Card
King (“GCK”). Located in Tampa, GCK was a secondhand dealer where individuals
sold their unused, or partially used, returned merchandise cards and retail gift
cards, some of which were procured via theft or fraud, for a percentage of the
cards’ face value in exchange for cash. Thereafter, McIntyre and his
co-conspirators resold the returned merchandise cards and gift cards even though
they knew some of the cards had been obtained via theft or fraud. McIntyre and
his co-conspirators also conducted other illicit transactions involving the
cards and used the proceeds for their personal enrichment.
shorenewsnetwork.com
Newark, NJ: New York Man Admits Credit and Gift Card Fraud Scheme
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New York man today admitted he defrauded credit card companies of hundreds of
thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. James Olla, 28,
of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District
Judge John Michael Vazquez to one count of a superseding indictment charging him
with conspiracy to sell, receive or possess stolen goods. From January 2014
through June 2015, Olla and others procured stolen information related to credit
cards belonging to various individuals, including victims living in New Jersey.
Using this stolen information, Olla and his conspirators obtained gift cards
from various retailers and then sold the cards in Brooklyn and elsewhere, often
for large sums of cash. The count of conspiracy to sell, receive or possess
stolen goods carries a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison.
justice.gov
Fort Wayne, IN: Sweetwater Reports $100K Theft of Custom Guitars
According to Sweetwater Sound officials, on October 30, an estimated $95,000
worth of guitars were stolen from a truck on its way to The Fort. Officials say
a pallet of new Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst guitars were
stolen from a truck at the Flying J Travel Center in Whiteland, Indiana. The
truck was en route to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the headquarters of Sweetwater
Sound sits. “Somehow out of a truck full of guitars, this ONE pallet was singled
out and stolen at a truck stop,” says Sweetwater Chief Supply Chain and
Merchandising Officer Phil Rich. “With a retail value of $95,000 in guitars, we
feel this person/s knew exactly what to look for and when.”
fortwaynesnbc.com
New Rochelle, NY: 3 Accused Of Fraudulently Obtaining Store Credit Cards,
$50,000/54-count indictment Three Bronx men were accused of fraudulently
obtaining credit cards from several area retail stores. Westchester County
District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Thursday the three men — Donald
Ilo, 57, Patrick Onogwu, 64, and Asanimo Riesa, 38, all from the Bronx — were
named in a
54-count indictment for
their parts in a scheme that included using fraudulently obtained credit cards
to steal from are TJX Companies Inc. stores including TJ Maxx, Marshalls and
HomeGoods.
Prosecutors said the
conspiracy was carried out from June 13, 2018, through Aug. 14, 2019, focusing
on a number of TJX Companies Inc. stores including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods
and HomeSense in Yorktown Heights, New Rochelle, Port Chester, the Bronx and
elsewhere. The three men, and other members and associates, were parties to a
conspiratorial
agreement to work together to steal more than $50,000 from TJX,
authorities said.
patch.com
Richmond, CA: Shoe store burglars make off with 100 pairs of Yeezies, valued at
over $30,000
During an ensuing investigation by Richmond Police Department property
detectives, approximately 100 pairs of Yeezy brand sneakers, athletic apparel
and electronics were identified as having been stolen. The burglary appeared to
be an isolated incident and no other businesses were targeted, according to
Richmond police.
richmondstandard.com
Guam: Former NEX worker accused of stealing $20,000 of electronics, selling on
Facebook
A former employee of the Navy Exchange on Guam was indicted in federal court
accused of using his position to steal more than $20,000 worth of electronic
devices from the store and selling them on Facebook. Jesse Cruz Camacho was
indicted on Oct. 28 in the District Court of Guam charged with theft of
government property. According to the indictment, between June 2016 and October
2019, Camacho worked at the NEX main store as a chargeback clerk responsible for
receiving returned items, logging items requiring repair and transporting the
items to the repair facility as needed. It’s alleged Camacho used his access and
privileges as an NEX employee to engage in a scheme to steal at least 16
electronic devices, namely Apple MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, Microsoft
Surface computers and Ipad Pros. Court documents state Camacho disposed of the
items selling them using a Facebook social media account and by other means.
postguam.com
Elk Grove, IL: Unknown Subject Steals 4 Cases Of Liquor Valued At $3,000 From
Jewel
Crookston, MN: 3 arrested in $2,200 Walmart theft; lithium-ion batteries, carpet
and upholstery deep cleaner, a portable blue-ray DVD player, a TV speaker, LED
lights and strobing light bars
Elko, NV: Female Walmart Thief charged with Robbery; attempting to steal $2,000
and striking a LP Associate
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Shootings & Deaths
Lexington, KY: Teen charged with murder after Fayette Mall shooting victim dies
A 19-year-old has been charged with murder after a man was shot and killed
outside Fayette Mall Thursday night, according to Lexington Police. Jessin
Stateman, 19, was arrested and charged with murder early Friday morning,
according to police. He was held at the Lexington-Fayette County Detention
Center without bond. Police responded to the mall about 8 p.m. — the mall’s
closing time — for a report of shots fired and found a man in his 20s who had
been shot in the parking lot, Lt. Ronald Keaton said. The victim was found near
the P.F. Chang’s and the Cheesecake Factory, Keaton said. The victim was
originally taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital with
life-threatening injuries, but he later died from his injuries, police said.
kentucky.com
Update: Atlanta, GA: Lenox Square Mall murder suspect arrested in New York
One of the four suspects wanted in a man’s murder outside Lenox Square mall in
Buckhead in March has been arrested in New York, the Atlanta Police Department
announced. Four days after the March 8 shooting death of Thuan Nguyen, 31, of
Antioch, Tennessee, at a Lenox parking lot, the police got felony murder arrest
warrants for one of four suspects, identified as Ricky James Lafargue, 19. But
he remained on the run until this week. According to a news release, on Nov. 2
Lafargue was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Brooklyn, New York. He is
being held in New York and awaiting extradition to Atlanta.
northwestgeorgianews.com
Buffalo, NY: 21-year-old store clerk killed in C-Store shooting
Buffalo police say a 21-year-old Buffalo man was killed in a shooting on Bailey
Avenue, Thursday night. Authorities say the man was shot multiple times at a gas
station/mini mart on Bailey Avenue, where he was working as a store clerk.
Detectives say they believe the shooting was targeted.
wkbw.com
Hays County, TX: Sheriff’s Office investigating homicide at Kyle convenience
store
The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide they say happened
Monday night in Kyle. The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to the Poco
Loco convenience store at 798 High Rd. in Kyle at 9:39 p.m. for a report of
shots fired. What began as an investigation for aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon turned into a homicide, the sheriff’s office says, after they learned a
juvenile male involved in the incident died at the hospital. The juvenile was
taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office says.
kxan.com
Franklin Township, NJ: Man Shot, Killed In Somerset County Barbershop
A $2,500 reward is being offered in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man
inside of a Somerset County barbershop, authorities said Thursday. Denny
Sanchez, of Franklin Park, was shot inside of a Hamilton Street barbershop in
Franklin Township around 8:40 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, Somerset County Prosecutor
Michael H. Robertson said.
dailyvoice.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Houston, TX: Search for guns and ammo stolen from Police Supply shop, 11
weapons, ammo and body armor
Harris County prosecutors filed additional charges against a 20-year-old Houston
man accused of breaking
into a police supply business and making off with a cache of guns. The suspect
is behind bars, but all but the weapons are still missing.
Sometime last Sunday, the suspect allegedly broke a window in order to break
into the Central Police Supply, located at 1410 Washington Ave., just about a
block from the old central police station Prosecutors said the suspect stole 10
handguns, a shotgun, 500 rounds of ammunition and body armor. Three days later,
Houston Police and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents identified and arrested
Guillermo Henriquez.
click2houston.com
Roseville, CA: C-store Clerk Fends Off Machete Attack
 Roseville
Police are trying to track down the suspect who allegedly stole from the store
and broke into someone’s car around 9 p.m. Wednesday. The clerks at the Stop and
Shop off Cirby Way said the suspect didn’t have enough money to pay for his
items. Surveillance video shows the suspect getting aggressive, then reaching
into his pants and pulling out a machete. The clerk dashed to get a phone and
called the police.
sacramento.cbslocal.com
Oklahoma City, OK: Firefighters Investigate Possible Arson At NW OKC Pawn Shop
Orange County, CA: OC Deputies Collar Alleged Burglary Crew in Yorba Linda
West Michigan police look for suspects involved in string of cell phone store
robberies
Deptford, NJ: 4 charged in convenience store burglary spree
Federal task force announces nearly 300 gun arrests in Houston in last year
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C-Store – Greenville,
SC – Armed Robbery
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C-Store –
Indianapolis, IN – Burglary
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C-Store – Deptford, NJ
– Burglary
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C-Store – Roseville,
CA – Armed Robbery
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CVS - Sausalito, CA –
Burglary
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CVS – Emeryville, CA –
Burglary
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Dollar General –
Thomasville, GA – Armed Robbery
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Gas Station –
Nottingham, MD – Burglary
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Gas Station –
Frankfort, IN – Armed Robbery
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Grocery – Lafayette,
IN – Armed Robbery
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Guns – Knoxville, TN –
Burglary
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Guns – Bountiful, UT –
Burglary
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Hardware – Whittier,
CA – Burglary
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Hardware – Eastvale,
CA - Burglary
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Jewelry – Tacoma, WA – Robbery
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Jewelry – Nassau
County, NY – Burglary
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Jewelry – Bronx, NY –
Robbery
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Jewelry – Lumberton, NC –
Robbery
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Jewelry – Carlsbad, CA –
Robbery
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Jewelry – Tukwila, WA –
Robbery
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Jewelry – Des Moines, IA –
Burglary
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Marijuana – Rosamond,
CA – Armed Robbery
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Police Supply –
Houston, TX – Burglary
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Restaurant –
Albuquerque, NM – Armed Robbery (McDonalds)
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Restaurant –
Fruitvale, CA – Burglary (Starbucks)
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Shoes – Richmond, CA –
Burglary
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Sporting Goods –
Alameda County, CA – Burglary
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Tobacco – Pocono
Summit, PA – Burglary
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Walgreens – Alton, IL
– Robbery
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Walmart – Elko, NV -
Robbery
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• 14 robberies
• 16 burglaries
• 0 shootings
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• 61 robberies
• 41 burglaries
• 0 shootings
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