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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'Digital squatting' hits new levels as hackers target brand domains

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Impersonation comes in many shapes and forms, and stealing domains seems to be one of them.

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Top photo ID apps leak user data - over 150,000 thought to have been affected

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Database misconfigurations resulted in a huge data leak which hackers already picked up on.

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Anthropic says its new Opus 4.6 platform found over 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries during testing

By Sead Fadilpašić published

New Opus improves significantly than the previous generation, Anthropic says, urging defenders to deploy it ASAP.

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Top investment platform hit in data breach - over 1.4 million Betterment accounts exposed

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Betterment accounts were not compromised, but users might start getting phishing emails.

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Substack data breach confirmed: user phone numbers email addresses all stolen in attack, here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Popular creator platform Substack breached in October 2025, but hasn't noticed until months later.

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A fresh wave of Zendesk spam emails is hitting users across the world

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Zendesk spam campaign continues as users report getting weird emails.

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Bulletproof hosting providers renting cheap infrastructure to supply virtual machines to ransomware hackers

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Most high-profile ransomware groups were using the same Russian-based infrastructure for years

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Critical n8n flaws discovered - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A previously published patch left a gaping hole that crooks will happily exploit.

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NGINX servers hijacked in global campaign to redirect traffic

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Redirected traffic can be abused in multiple ways and victims would never know.

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Dangerous new malware exploits WinRAR flaw - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A Chinese state-sponsored actor was seen exploiting a WinRAR bug, soon after the Russians.

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Personal data stolen during Harvard and UPenn data breaches leaked online - over a million details, including emails, home addresses and more, all published

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Negotiations were unsuccessful, so ShinyHunters decided to leak everything.

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Massive Chinese data breach allegedly spills 8.7 billion records - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Someone kept a gigantic database unlocked on the internet, allowing researchers (and likely, hackers, too) to find it.

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More than 40,000 WordPress sites affected by new malware flaw - find out if you're affected

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A popular WordPress quiz plugin can be abused to mount SQL injection attacks, but a patch is available.

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Microsoft warns infostealer malware is 'rapidly expanding beyond traditional Windows-focused campaigns' and targeting Mac devices

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are increasingly targeting macOS users with social engineering and infostealers, Microsoft warns.

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Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Many users have run out of disk space entirely, and a patch is nowhere in sight.

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Coinbase reveals insider breach did take place, customer info compromised

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Info on roughly 30 people was exposed in a new insider incident at Coinbase.

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AI agent social media network Moltbook is a security disaster - millions of credentials and other details left unsecured

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Moltbook leaked email addresses and private messages.

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Russian hackers are targeting a new Office 365 zero-day, so patch now or face attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Ukraine's defenders have spotted a new hacking attack using a freshly fixed Office flaw.

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Dangerous new malware targets macOS devices via OpenVSX extensions - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published

GlassWorm malware is expanding to open source platforms, targeting macOS users with infostealers.

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Panera Bread data breach much more serious than we thought - over 5 million customers were hit, new reports claim

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Panera Bread customer data leaked on the dark web, allowing researchers to determine how many people were hit.

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Notepad++ hit by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers - here's what we know so far

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Notepad++ targeted and used to deliver poisoned updates to a select group of victims.

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'The breadth of targeted cloud platforms continues to expand': Google's security team takes a look at how ShinyHunters have rolled out so many SSO scams recently

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Mandiant analyzed ShinyHunters' MO, detailing how it steals login and MFA codes.

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Canada Computers & Electronics reveals data breach - customer data exposed, here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Some customers see credit card information also exposed, with police already notified.

Russian ransomware hackers allegedly hit Tulsa airport in cyberattack, dump private files online as proof

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The infamous Qilin group strikes again, this time targeting a major US airport.

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MongoDB instances are being hit in data extortion attacks, so make sure you're protected

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are hunting for vulnerable MongoDB servers and there are reportedly many to choose from.

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