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.

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Palo Alto warns of critical firewall flaw, tells users a patch is on the way

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Risks can be mitigated through settings, while Palo Alto works on a patch.

Phishing

Hackers hijack Google Ads to spread phishing campaign spoofing top GoDaddy tool

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A fake ManageWP site is being advertised on Google, leading to credential theft.

Trojan

North Korean hackers target gamers with trojanized platform - here's what to look out for

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Popular game platform was compromised and used to deliver backdoors.

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Experts claim Amazon's Simple Email Service is being abused to launch phishing campaigns

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated

Experts claim hackers are stealing access to legitimate AWS tools and using them to launch phishing campaigns - but AWS says there's no evidence of this.

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Experts warn Microsoft Phone Link tool exploited by 'unknown threat' to steal SMS and OTP info

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A known RAT was given new capabilities in order to exfiltrate 2FA codes and more.

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Google will now pay up to $1.5 million for finding Android and Chrome security bugs, says it has 'greatly appreciated collaborating with the researcher community'

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Google is focusing on Linux kernel components, and prioritizing bugs that can't be easily found with AI.

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The Vimeo data breach exposed personal information of 119,000 people

By Sead Fadilpašić published

ShinyHunters leaks the stolen database that allegedly contains emails and names.

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Kasperky warns popular Daemon Tools app backdoored by hackers to target specific victims

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A two-stage process targets government, science, and retail in Russia, Belarus, and Thailand.

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'Phishing campaigns continue to improve sophistication and refinement': Microsoft flags major 'sophisticated' phishing campaign targeting 35,000 users across 26 countries

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The goal is to steal Microsoft credentials and bypass MFA, the company says.

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Canvas maker Instructure reveals data breach — confirms user personal information leaked

By Sead Fadilpašić published

ShinyHunters claims Instructure attack, says nearly 9,000 schools worldwide affected.

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Some Ubuntu services are still down following outages after DDoS attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Users reported being unable to install or update Ubuntu for several days following incident.

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Trellix confirms data breach after hack of 'a portion' of its source code

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Key details are still missing, but Trellix says it found no evidence of source code release or distribution process being affected.

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Is this 'the largest breach in football history'? Hackers allegedly breach Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi team and AFC governing body, leak passports, contracts, and emails online

By Sead Fadilpašić published

More than 150,000 people allegedly affected, including tens of thousands of professional athletes.

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'This campaign works because it feels ordinary': Experts reveal how hackers use fake DHL messages to lure in victims

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Forcepoint uncovers new phishing campaign using DHL assets, and even found where the passwords are being sent to.

Cloud, networking and internet

'The challenge is no longer identifying bots. It’s understanding what the bot, agent, or automation is doing': New report flags 40% of all internet traffic is now bad bots

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The Dead Internet Theory is very much alive, as Thales finds bad bots taking up more and more of global internet traffic.

Data Breach

'An unauthorized actor accessed certain Vimeo user and customer data': Vimeo confirms security incident, blames attack on Anodot breach

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Vimeo did not say how many people were affected, but confirmed that payment data is secure.

Ransomware

'VECT is being marketed as ransomware...but it functions as a data destruction tool': Experts warn this "broken" ransomware is now acting as a data wiper, so protect your files now

By Sead Fadilpašić published

New ransomware variant destroys everything bigger than 128kb, making retrieval without a backup impossible.

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'The attacker completed in under five minutes': Experts warn of North Korea-linked campaign using fake Zoom meetings to target crypto execs

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Highly sophisticated scam will leave you questioning what's real while hackers steal your crypto.

Robinhood trading app

Hackers exploit Robinhood account creation tool to launch worrying phishing scam

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The vulnerability has since been fixed and the malicious landing page is offline.

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Medtronic says ShinyHunters hackers stole around 9 million medical records in latest attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Medtronic was removed from ShinyHunters' data leak site.

GitHub Webpage

Top open source PyPI package with over 1 million downloads each month hacked to send out malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

This was not a case of stolen credentials, but rather of vulnerability exploitation.

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CheckMarx admits it was hit by major cyberattack that saw data leaked onto Dark Web

By Sead Fadilpašić published

CheckMarx confirms March 2026 attack did result in data theft.

'Unfortunately, it needs to be said: Do not send a text to confirm you are human': Experts reveal how fake CAPTCHAs are driving a global SMS scam campaign

By Sead Fadilpašić published

CAPTCHAs asking you to send an SMS are actually a scam that can cost you big time.

Cybersecurity

New 'Firestarter' malware flames on in spite of Cisco firewall updates and security patches

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Security pros are warning about custom malware targeting Cisco firewalls, and surviving upgrades and reboots.

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Utility giant Itron confirms cyberattack, says internal systems were accessed

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Data was most likely not tampered with, although Itron's investigation is still ongoing.

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