by Data Age | Jul 31, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Industry, Management, New to the Industry, News, Safety, Security, Software
“BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department Of Homeland Security warned retailers about a type of malicious software attacking point-of-sales systems, dubbed “Backoff,” that it said is undetectable by most types of anti-virus software. The agency...
by Data Age | Jul 31, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Industry, News
Five people, who police did not release descriptions for just yet, burglarized the Pawn City pawn shop at 400 East Harding Ave. between 4 and 4:34 a.m. “Based on surveillance footage, two of the burglars entered the store, then left and returned within a few...
by Data Age | Jul 24, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Compliance, Industry, Management, New to the Industry, News, Safety, Security
The two men, pictured above, walked into a South Side Chicago pawnshop, wearing black mesh “Chicago Police” vests. A woman in the pawnshop felt suspicious of the mens’ credibility and walked out of the shop to flag down a local officer. When the...
by Data Age | Jul 22, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Industry, News
ROSEVILLE, Minn. authorities are searching for two suspects who entered the Pawn America Monday night at around 6 pm with handguns. The men broke a jewelry counter and stole fine jewelry and watches and then proceeded to shoot the 27-year-old shop employee in the leg...
by Marc Cohen | Jul 22, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, General Merchandise, Industry, Management, New to the Industry, News
This article originally aired in September 2010, but is worth taking another look at. Note: Gift card cloners will often use the cloned cards in stores, buying merchandise which they can later return for cash or resell. Article here Cloning Gift Cards –...
by Data Age | Jul 18, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Compliance, Education, Industry, Laws, Laws & Regulations.edu, Legal.edu, Management, Management.edu, Marketing, New to the Industry, News, Security, Security.edu
” The Federal Trade Commission just announced a series of legal actions against three Montreal operations accused of talking U.S. small business owners into paying millions of dollars for local yellow page listings the merchants neither bought nor...
