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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A major security flaw in top eSIM system could put billions of devices at risk - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

An eSIM system used in more than two billion devices was flawed in a way which allowed crooks to intercept or manipulate communications.

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CISA warns hackers are actively exploiting critical CitrixBleed 2

By Sead Fadilpašić published

CISA adds bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, giving agencies just a day to patch up.

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Nvidia warns users some GPUs could be at risk of damaging cyberattack - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

New research demonstrates the potential of Rowhammer attacks, as Nvidia urges users to patch up.

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By Sead Fadilpašić published

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Quantum computing

Forget ransomware - most firms think quantum computing is the biggest security risk to come

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Quantum computers will break modern encryption sooner or later - and companies in critical industries need to be prepared.

ransomware

Russian basketball player arrested on suspicion of carrying out ransomware attacks

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The player's lawyer claims his client is completely innocent of any cybercrime.

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Bluetooth security flaws could affect thousands of Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

PerfektBlue allows threat actors to eavesdrop on conversations, but how much of a risk is it?

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5 essential features every remote monitoring and management platform needs to have

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Stay on top of your devices at all times

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Ruckus Networks security flaws left unpatched, putting thousands of devices at risk

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Almost a dozen flaws found in two Ruckus products which could be chained to cause major damage.

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UK police arrest four following cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op, Harrods

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Suspects are accused of carrying out multiple damaging cyberattacks.

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Qantas confirms 5.7 million customers impacted by data breach

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Payment information and passwords were not stolen, and the company is now notifying affected individuals.

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McDonald’s AI recruiting platform had a really embarrassing security flaw - and it left millions of users open to attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Researchers logged into the backend of McHire with a "123456" password.

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Nearly a million browsers affected by more malicious browser extensions - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Browsers were turned into scraping bots without user consent, researchers claim.

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Worrying ServiceNow security flaw could let hackers steal private table data

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The flaw has since been addressed, but users should be on their guard, ServiceNow warns.

Meltdown and Spectre

AMD warns worrying new Spectre, Meltdown-esque flaw could affect top CPUs - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Four low-level flaws can be chained together to pull data from the vulnerable devices, AMD warns.

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Malicious Google Chrome and Edge extensions downloaded more than 2 million times - here's how to stay safe from being tracked online

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Security researchers spotted widely popular browser add-ons turning sour and snooping on their users.

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Wix teams up with Monotype, introduces new fonts

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Helvetica, Avenir, and other legendary fonts are now on Wix, further empowering website builders and agencies alike.

Trojan

Dangerous Android malware targets US banking apps - 50,000 people already affected, make sure you're not next

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Anatsa trojan returns on the Play Store once again, but Google moves to strike it.

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Hundreds of DVRs and routers are being hijacked to form another major botnet

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Three flaws are being abused to build RondoDox, a botnet used to hide C2 traffic.

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Nearly 250,000 records leaked in major tax consultancy breach - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Rockerbox kept an open database unsecured online, leaking documents and PII.

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US arrests Silk Typhoon hacker accused of stealing Covid research and mass email hacking

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Chinese national picked up in Milan and is now facing possible extradition to the US.

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5 vital features reliable endpoint protection services need to have

By Sead Fadilpašić published

There’s no such thing as ‘too secure’ in endpoint protection

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Be careful where you click in Google search results - it could be damaging malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are back to SEO poisoning and software spoofing as they look to deploy malware loaders to IT teams.

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This top security platform is being hacked to carry out malware threats

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A patch should have now made future attacks using Shellter Elite impossible.

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One of the biggest security threats to Apple systems just got a major upgrade - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

AMOS can now survive reboots and deploy stage-two malware.

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