Articles by 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

Travelers beware — Microsoft experts warn hotel Wi-Fi can be hijacked to infect your devices with dangerous malware

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 August 26

Russian criminals are targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks with captive portals and using them to deploy infostealers.

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A potentially dangerous macOS security flaw went unreported due to Apple being deluged by AI slop bug reports

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 August 26

Security researchers found a high-severity RCE flaw, which Apple later fixed.

Over 100,000 UK Police and staff have personal data leaked in attack on national database

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 August 26

ExfilSquad claims responsibility for the attack, says it asked for a ransom payment.

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Anthropic reveals Claude AI model hacked three companies during tests — so how worried should we be?

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 3 August 26

Anthropic's testing mishap proves autonomous AI can breach enterprise networks at machine speed. The era of human-speed security is over - it takes an AI to stop an AI.

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Celebrating the AI Act delay? The EU AI Act’s chatbot and content rules apply this week

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 2 August 26

While high-risk AI penalties are on hold, Article 50 is now in effect, and SMEs need to be ready

How to set up data breach and dark web monitoring for your business

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 31 July 26

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The right solution makes the job much easier, but you have to do your part as well.

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Why digital executive protection is important for keeping your business and brand secure

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 31 July 26

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With attacks on corporate executives reaching record levels in 2025, digital executive protection emerges as one of cybersecurity’s priorities

What is the Shared Responsibility Model in cloud security?

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 30 July 26

Figuring out where your cloud provider's security ends and yours begins

The biggest data leaker is probably not who you think it is

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 30 July 26

Even with persistent cybersecurity risks, human mistakes continue to be the number one cause of data leaks, with misconfigured databases exposing millions of sensitive records.

DataImpulse Proxy Service Review

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 29 July 26

Can Dataimpulse's feature set and reliability compete with the industry's biggest names?

Brave1 and the open source future of war

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 28 July 26

From writing apps to coding autonomous drone swarms, software engineers are becoming defense innovators through a new open source military ecosystem.

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Your brand is your business - and this is how brand protection tools can keep it safe

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 28 July 26

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Brand abuse has evolved into a frontline cybersecurity threat, making dedicated brand protection a necessity.

How dark web monitoring can proactively shield your organization from the hidden threats of stolen identities

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 28 July 26

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Stolen credentials can float through the dark web, waiting to be picked up and used in an attack

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How attack surface management tools can help map your organization's threats and vulnerabilities

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 27 July 26

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When you can’t defend what you can’t see, attack surface management becomes paramount.

It's not just OpenAI models escaping and running riot — experts show how Claude Cowork can break its bonds and access Mac files

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 26 July 26

Anthropic partially mitigated the issue, and there are things users can do to defend themselves, too.

This Russian cybercrime campaign can infect a user just by viewing an email

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 26 July 26

A high-severity flaw in Zimbra allowed Russian criminals easy access, where they stole important secrets.

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Experts claim to have found more weaknesses in Apple's Gatekeeper tool — but it doesn't seem too bothered

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 25 July 26

Gatekeeper doesn't blink when you archive a legitimate app and replace it with an evil doppelganger.

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Hackers hid dangerous malware on a page hidden in Anthopic's Claude.ai domain

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 24 July 26

Claude Artifacts have been used as phishing lures, once again, this time to deliver a dangerous RAT.

Experts warn ChatGPT's Workspace Agent Builder can be hijacked to create malicious AI workers

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 24 July 26

A single phishing link could have spelled disaster, thanks to a flaw in ChatGPT's Agent Builder.

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Bad news — paying a ransomware demand might cause hackers to come back and ask for more

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 24 July 26

Hackers really have no incentive to walk away from a victim - so why should they?

Experts have found a trojan able to rig online live betting platforms

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 July 26

A company building betting software was targeted with a rather sneaky trojan.

This devious malware scans over 300 apps to build an AI profile telling hackers which victims to target

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 July 26

Malware started talking to their bosses, telling them where to strike next.

A malicious Chrome extension for Adobe Acrobat could let hackers access private WhatsApp chats

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 July 26

Researchers find a universal cross-site scripting-class cross-origin data disclosure vulnerability in a popular Chrome extension.

South Korea warns diplomats they could be at risk following hack on education system

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 July 26

Initial reports are saying up to 6,000 people might have been affected.

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A bizarre new malware campaign hacks your printer and forces it to print out ransomware demands

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 22 July 26

Researchers detail two incidents in Latin America in which system misconfigurations resulted in ransomware attacks.

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