Tag: cyber crime
Phone Scams Remain on the IRS “Dirty Dozen” List of Tax Scams for 2017
In a recent article ("Email Scams Just Keep on Coming"), we looked at email scams as a fast-growing cyber crime. This post will examine...
Australian Retailers Are Working Together to Defeat Shrink
Australia is famously referred to in a Men at Work song as the “land down under, where women glow and men plunder,” which according...
How a Security-Only Network Can Limit Risks from Data Breaches
Cyber attacks are one of the greatest threats facing global businesses today. Hardly a day goes by that there is not a report of...
Building A New Data Breach Policy
As technology draws us deeper into a new age of business enterprise, we are continuously bombarded with challenges and opportunities involving those with malicious...
Ransomware: When Cyber Crime Gets Personal
In a July 2016 article, I talked about ransomware as a rapidly growing form of cyber crime. It was noted that cyber criminals went...
International Cyber Warriors Take On Retail Cyber Security Threats
The Internet is probably the most versatile invention of the 20th century and still continues to enlighten our thinking into the 21st century. It...
Fifteen Years of Loss Prevention, Part 3
Here we are at the third and final installment of the first fifteen years of Loss Prevention magazine. I had indicated in the first...
Largest LPRC Conference Concludes in Advance of Hurricane Matthew
Over 260 loss prevention professionals, solution providers, and retail manufacturers gathered at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville October 3–5 for the annual...
Will the Retail Industry Become Cashless?
Statistics indicate that almost half of Americans walk around with less than $20 in their pocket. With so many ways to pay, including mobile...
Largest LPRC Conference Concludes in Advance of Hurricane Matthew
Over 260 loss prevention professionals, solution providers, and retail manufacturers gathered at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville October 3 – 5 for...