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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Critical security flaw could leave over 100,000 WordPress sites at risk

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Flaw in popular WordPress plugin has not yet been patched, so users should be careful.

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Chinese hackers use Google Calendar in stealthy new attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Google Calendar was used as part of the C2 infrastructure, so users should take care.

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A key Microsoft OneDrive feature has a worrying security flaw which could expose user data

By Sead Fadilpašić published

You might want to pause uploading files using OneDrive through OAuth until Microsoft releases a fix.

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Thousands of Asus routers hacked to create a major botnet planting damaging malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are brute-forcing older Asus routers and establishing persistent access.

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Will antivirus slow down my PC?

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Antivirus Antivirus protection shouldn't cost you performance

Malware attack virus alert , malicious software infection , cyber security awareness training to protect business

How to turn off antivirus

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Antivirus This is how to turn off your antivirus

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Antivirus vs Endpoint Security: Which is best for me?

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Antivirus Antivirus and Endpoint Protection are similar tools, but offer different types of protection.

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Victoria’s Secret laid bare after security incident takes down systems

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Outage at Victoria’s Secret has now lasted for several days, as details remain scarce.

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How to run an antivirus scan on your computer

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Antivirus Here is how you can run a virus scan on your device.

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Framer aims to increase productivity but maintain "magic" with new website building features

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A suite of new features were introduced to boost productivity without sacrificing "magic".

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Watch out - that antivirus website could be a fake, and infecting your PC with malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Researchers find a malicious site impersonating popular antivirus software.

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Top math software and services platform still offline following ransomware attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

MathWorks ransomware attack happened almost two weeks ago, yet some systems are still partially offline.

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Russia-linked hackers are attacking small businesses using fake Microsoft Entra pages

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Russians are after intelligence info, and they're faking Microsoft Entra pages to get it.

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Misconfigured Docker instances are being hacked to mine cryptocurrency

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A worm is spreading the miner autonomously, earning attackers plenty of Dero.

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DragonForce ransomware hacks SimpleHelp RMM tool to attack MSPs

By Sead Fadilpašić published

DragonForce group found stealing files and deploying encryptors through known vulnerabilities.

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Mac users beware - fake Ledger apps are being used by hackers to steal seed phrases and hack accounts

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated

A popular crypto wallet is being spoofed to trick Mac users into losing their money.

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Cisco security flaw exploited to build botnet of thousands of devices

By Sead Fadilpašić published

More than 5,000 devices have already been compromised.

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FBI warns legal firms of Luna Moth extortion attacks where hackers will call their office

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are stealing files and then threatening to release them unless a payment is made.

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FTC tells GoDaddy to shape up and secure its hosting services following 2018 attacks

By Sead Fadilpašić published

In the last seven years, GoDaddy has suffered multiple attacks, some of which were rather destructive.

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Another top employment website found exposing recruiter email addresses

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A bug in the API caused the leak, but was since then plugged.

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This dangerous new phishing scam spoofs a top Google program to try and hack Facebook accounts

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The phshing emails are seemingly coming from a legitimate source, but are sharing a malicious landing page.

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TikTok fans beware - experts warn dangerous malware spread by AI fake videos

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Cybercriminals are using AI to generate convincing "how-to" videos.

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Commvault attack may put SaaS companies across the world at risk, CISA warns

By Sead Fadilpašić published

CISA warns of large campaign targeting SaaS companies’ cloud applications with default configurations

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NPM users warned dozens of malicious packages aim to steal host and network data

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A total of 60 packages were recently removed from NPM.

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M&S hack may have been caused by security issues at Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Disruption at M&S has been going on for weeks, and this could be why.

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