Hackers sending malware infected USBs with Best Buy Gift Cards

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Researchers maintain that this USB drive is an Arduino microcontroller ATMEGA32U4 and infected with GRIFFON malware.
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Best Buy Offering Big Discounts on Surface Pro 7, Laptop 3 Today

Best Buy is offering $360 off the Surface Pro 7 and $200 off the Surface Laptop 3 today. And there’s a pretty sweet deal on the Xbox One X, too.
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Best Buy’s IoT Goes Dark, Leaving Some “Smart” Products Dumbfounded

Bad news if you bought several Insignia-branded smart devices from Best Buy. The company has decided to shut down the back end systems that make them work — or at least work as a smart device. On the chopping block are smart outlets, switches, a security camera, and an upright …read more

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Get a $50 Best Buy Gift Card With the Surface Laptop 3

Best Buy is giving away a free $50 gift card with the purchase of a 15-inch Surface Laptop 3, along with a 6-month subscription for an antivirus app.
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Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Payment Card Breaches, Encryption Debate, and Breach Notification Laws

This past week saw the announcement of several new payment card breaches, including a point-of-sale breach at Applebee’s restaurants that affected 167 locations across 15 states. The malware, which was discovered on February 13, 2018, was “… Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Payment Card Breaches, Encryption Debate, and Breach Notification Laws

Yes, Geek Squad can search your files and hand you over to the police

Judge rules images found on a defendant’s hard drive inadmissible – but bats away contention that he had an expectation of privacy when he passed his PC to Geek Squad Continue reading Yes, Geek Squad can search your files and hand you over to the police