Tag: cyber criminals
How Will Retail Respond to a New Wave of Cyber Crime?
The retail industry faced unprecedented cyber crime conflicts in 2014 with a barrage of data breach incidents that exposed hundreds of millions of retail...
Risk Management Solutions for e-Commerce
Editor's Note: Many of the subjects discussed in this article are as valid today as they were when the content was originally presented, while other...
Organized Retail Crime: Executing the ORC Strategy
Organized retail crime remains an ongoing challenge for loss prevention programs across the country. The following article serves as Part 2 of a two-part...
Stay Alert for Cyber Crime on Cyber Monday
The Monday after Thanksgiving has become known as the biggest online shopping day of the year, with companies offering discounts galore to entice customers....
Cuban National Convicted in Huge Retail Credit Card Fraud Case
On November 3rd a Cuban immigrant legally residing in Texas was convicted for his part in a massive retail credit card fraud scheme involving...
$1 Million Apple iTunes Scam Takes Employee Theft to Another Level
An employee theft incident at the Apple Store in the Queens Center Mall has resulted in a 24-year-old man being charged with grand larceny...
Online Credit Card Fraud Costing U.S. Consumers $1.8 Billion a Year
The recently released U.S. Retail Fraud Survey 2015 has reported a substantial increase in online credit card fraud. According to the report, credit card...
Loss Prevention Technology Solutions Must be Driven by Training and Education
The advancements made in loss prevention technology have provided tremendous support for the loss prevention industry. Innovations made in retail technology systems, CCTV, alarm...
Poor Use of Technology Leads to Potential Racial Profiling in Retail Stores
In today’s retail world, technology has become a primary force behind many of our strategic plans, driving many loss prevention initiatives and fueling new...
Cyber Threat Predictions for 2015
2014 was undoubtedly the year of the data breach in retail. As an encore to the massive Target customer credit and debit card hack...