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

Trojan

This devious Android malware has returned disguised as TikTok or streaming apps — and is now using blockchain to remain undetected

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A fake TikTok app is actually a banking trojan enabling credential theft and wire fraud.

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Mac users beware — scammers are hijacking Claude chats and Google ads to push malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Fake Claude support pages are circulating, being advertised through Google Ads

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Best Western Hotels warns customers reservation data may have been spilled in breach

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Unnamed attackers stole data on an undisclosed number of Best Western customers, meaning phishing emails could be on the way.

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'You deserved more': Instructure CEO apologizes following Canvas hack, admits company paid hackers to get stolen data back

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Instructure CEO confirmed the company paid ShinyHunters to delete the stolen files.

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Experts warn of 'highly sophisticated' weaponized JPEG campaign used to send out ScreenConnect malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are targeting enterprises with a jpeg file, establishing persistence and elevating privileges.

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Nvidia GeForce NOW data breach confirmed — but luckily most of us will be safe, here's why

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The breach is limited to GeForce NOW users in just one country, and no passwords were stolen.

Cybersecurity

'For many such issues the simplest mitigation is to stop calling the buggy function. Killswitch provides that': Experts propose Linux kernel "killswitch" following worrying recent security issues

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A maintainer wants a first-aid kit for the Linux kernel and a proposal is currently being reviewed.

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A fake OpenAI repository has taken top spot on Hugging Face — but all it does is push infostealer malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Its popularity may have been faked, though, as the "likes" all came from auto-generated accounts.

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Top download manager JDownloader hacked — installers replaced with dangerous malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Between May 6 and 7, it was dangerous to install JDownloader from alternative links on the site.

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Zara data breach saw 197,000 people have information exposed — but luckily, hackers may not have accessed private info

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Another victim of the Anodot incident revealed as ShinyHunters leak more data.

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Another major Linux security flaw revealed — 'Dirty Frag' allows root on all major distros, with no patch or fix available yet

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A researcher shared their findings with Linux distro maintainers, but leaked before a patch was built.

Trojan

'Threat actors are clearly adapting to the widespread interest in popular AI tools': AI fans beware, hackers create a fake Claude site to spread backdoor malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Sophos found a fake Claude website deploying a simple but effective RAT.

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How to perform web scraping at scale

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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Large-scale web scraping is a beast of its own, but here is how you can scrape millions of pages while avoiding blocks and limits.

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This dangerous 'CallPhantom' scam spread across 28 Google Play apps downloaded over 7 million times - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Fake Google Play apps were promising access to people's call logs and required subscriptions.

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OpenAI rolls out new model for cybersecurity teams a month after Anthropic's Mythos debut

By Sead Fadilpašić published

GPT-5.5-Cyber is now available to TAC members, but it's a slight upgrade from 5.4.

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How to avoid IP blocks during web scraping

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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Here is how to avoid IP blocking while web scraping using a proxy service with a big IP pool and other features

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Canvas school login portals hacked as Instructure hack apparently gets even worse

By Sead Fadilpašić published

ShinyHunters really wants a pay day, and has moved the deadline again.

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'What started as someone potentially trying to remove the background from a selfie ended with a custom .NET stealer rifling through their browser passwords': Experts warn that free image editor tool could actually be dangerous malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Background removal services are being used in ClickFix attacks, delivering dangerous infostealer malware.

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Iranian hackers launch ransomware campaign looking to steal details via Microsoft Teams

By Sead Fadilpašić published

An espionage campaign was concealed behind a ransomware attack by a commercial actor.

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Top universities among victims named in Canvas data breach - MIT, Oxford and more all hit

By Sead Fadilpašić published

ShinyHunters is increasing the heat on Instructure by listing all of the potential victims of the Canvas breach.

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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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