Sead Fadilpašić

Sead is a seasoned freelance journalist based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He writes about IT (cloud, IoT, 5G, VPN) and cybersecurity (ransomware, data breaches, laws and regulations). In his career, spanning more than a decade, he’s written for numerous media outlets, including Al Jazeera Balkans. He’s also held several modules on content writing for Represent Communications.

Articles by: Sead Fadilpašić

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Thomson Reuters hit by cyberattack that saw court documents across 11 states accessed by a hacker

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

A threat actor accessed C-Track files, compromised a cloud environment, and accessed court records across 11 states.

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2.8 million people affected by data breach at Baylor Genetics testing and diagnostic firm

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Business continued as usual, although employees and patients lost plenty of sensitive data in the incident.

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Lords call for a 'kill switch' on powerful AI systems used in the United Kingdom

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

They believe the UK needs a "vital safety net" to only be used as a last resort.

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AI is getting closer to being able to exploit OT, and that's very bad news for critical infrastructure

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

The situation is not disastrous just yet, but it's definitely time to start paying attention, Forescout hints.

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Over 5,000 Dropbox accounts have been hacked, and the attackers only needed an email address

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

A bug in Lenovo's ID verification system made it possible to access Dropbox accounts, but the bug has since been fixed.

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A malware installer posing as a legitimate download service is infecting brands across almost every industry — Microsoft Edge, Razer, Kaspersky and more actively imitated

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Microsoft is warning about an ongoing campaign abusing dozens of popular technology and software firms.

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A botnet running for 23 years with over 15,000 endpoints has finally been shut down by law enforcement and Crowdstrike

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Crowdstrike and friends sinkholed thousands of Sality's endpoints rendering the botnet useless.

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More than 9.5 million patients affected by Aesto Health breach — names, SSNs, financial details, health records and more stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

More than two dozen of Aesto's clients affected by the December 2025 cyberincident.

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Multiple healthcare giants hit by data breaches affecting patient records, social security numbers, and even implanted cardiac devices

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Boston Scientific and McKesson are working on restoring services after being struck by disruptive cyberattacks.

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Cisco routers are being turned into surveillance vantage points to hoover up data on trusted networks — and it's all thanks to this new malware

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Fire Ant is now targeting routers, authentication servers, and Linux management hosts, using them as stepping stones.

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North Korea expands fraudulent job resumes to target marketing, sales, and medical sector

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

North Koreans are going to great lengths to get hired in the west, even if it means faking absolutely everything.

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Careful when filing your taxes, this new "PackClient" malware is hitting global firms via tax audit lures

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

The Chinese are using a tax lure to deploy a new RAT and take over victim devices.

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New ClickFix campaign can deploy powerful multi-stage malware directly through Windows Terminal and PowerShell

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Microsoft is calling it "TerminalFix" and says it is used to deliver "complex, multi-line scripts".

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How to secure your business by moving from passwords to passkeys

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

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Passkeys are the closest we are to safeguarding credentials without a major system overhaul.

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SOAX proxy service review

By Mayank Sharma Last updated

Our review of the SOAX proxy service, looking at its features, pricing, and ease of use, while comparing its strengths and weaknesses to rival proxy services.

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Top AI tools including Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed suspicious code inside corporate networks

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

There is a new class of "squatting" risks emerging right in front of us and it involves llms.txt and llms-full.txt documentation.

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Carhartt data breach exposed information from 12.9 million user accounts

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Names, emails, and more Carhartt data has been exposed by ShinyHunters.

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US government alcohol and firearms agency ATF declares ‘major incident’ after ransomware gang claims cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Hackers break into a standalone system with information on targets of ATF investigations.

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Nearly 9 million users hit in cyberattack on UK's biggest airport owner - email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registrations and postcodes all stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

No one claimed responsibility just yet and the data hasn't leaked on the dark web.

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How to secure a hybrid workforce against everyday browsing threats

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

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Here are six safe browsing tips that will keep the remote workspace secure no matter where you open the laptop.

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Trump signs order banning some foreign equipment from US energy grid, including some software

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Seven years after initial crackdowns, Trump again bans foreign gear in a move seemingly aimed at China.

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CISA says over 100 US water systems were targeted in July 2026 alone

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Hackers are going for internet-connected PLCs, and CISA is urging agencies to take them off the public internet.

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Boston Scientific says cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to medical device operations

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

The company did not say what kind of attack it suffered, or when it might complete the restoration process.

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ShinyHunters hackers claim to have hit data center provider used by Microsoft and Meta

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

The hackers are asking for $13 million from CyrusOne, and have given the company a four-day deadline to comply.

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Are employees to blame for rise in insider access threats? This new study claims so

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Every day, someone is selling access on the dark web, and hackers are buying.

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