In this edition of Week in security, Tony looks at these topics:

  • ESET research uncovered a new modular backdoor, SideWalk, which an APT group called SparklingGoblin has deployed against a US-based computer retail company.
  • The recently-published IBM Cost of a Data Breach report put the data breach costs at an all-time high, and we dived deeper into the report and considered what's behind the statistics.
  • A man from California has confessed to invading the Apple iCloud accounts of hundreds of individuals and downloading more than 600,000 photos and videos.

Read more:
The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK
Beyond the pandemic: Why are data breach costs at an all‑time high?
Man impersonates Apple support, steals 620,000 photos from iCloud accounts

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