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

FBI, NSA warn Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek and Alibaba are reportedly carrying out 'industrial-scale' distillation campaigns to boost their models

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 9 September 26

US AI companies should implement additional mitigations to curb these attempts, agencies warn.

A worrying ChatGPT bug let strangers read Gmail messages via a hidden cross-account channel

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 9 September 26

OpenAI has shut down this particular path, but general risk remains.

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Massive data breach sees 220 million traveler records exposed — nine years of airline info leaked including passenger and passport details

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 8 September 26

A series of misconfigurations allowed researchers to access a treasure trove of sensitive data - the archive has since been locked down.

Liquid Network halts new transactions after 'nice guy' hackers steal nearly all its Bitcoin — but then return most of it after a patch is issued

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 8 September 26

Liquid Network is still disrupted, but users can breathe a sigh of relief as most of the stolen funds have been returned.

Microsoft 365 users hit by two major threat campaigns - fake IT calls and phishing emails target users across the world

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 8 September 26

BigBear 2.0 and PREY-0058 are wreaking havoc across businesses as they scam employees into handing over login credentials and MFA codes.

Two major security flaws are affecting more than six million WordPress websites

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 7 September 26

Patches are available, so WordPress users should hurry up and apply them.

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G7 tells businesses to get ready for quantum cybersecurity threats

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 7 September 26

Organizations late to the migration could lose contracting opportunities, G7 warns.

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US military troops can still be hit by targeted attacks despite disabling ad tracking on their devices — and leaders aren't happy

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 7 September 26

Government-issued devices are safe - but what about private devices?

Storm Proxies review

By Stefan Ionescu Last updated 7 September 26

Updated Storm Proxies delivers on the basics at a reasonable price but you'll find more features elsewhere.

Ransomware hackers dump 1.4 million stolen records from German government

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 7 September 26

This is an "extremely serious crime" and an attack on Berlin, the government says.

Hackers are using 'invisible' Unicode characters to sneak phishing lures into emails

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 7 September 26

A technique used in prompt injection attacks has made it into phishing, Microsoft has warned.

Google Chrome app is seen on an iPhone next to Edge and other web browser apps. Microsoft is using new prompts in Edge to try and stop users from downloading Chrome.

Google patches multiple browser bugs including one that was under active exploitation — so update now

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 September 26

Google did not share the details about the bug being actively used.

OpenAI warns about how good Astra model is at cracking cybersecurity, releases it anyway because it took 'years of research and big bets'

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 September 26

GPT-6 Astra was paused a month ago for triggering safety protocols and now it's being slowly rolled out.

Cisco patches three critical vulnerabilities as part of 'comprehensive internal security review'

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 September 26

A total of eight flaws were fixed, none of which were exploited in the wild.

OpenAI puts its money where its mouth is, offers $1 billion in AI credits to cyber defenders

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 4 September 26

Want to use Daybreak but cannot afford it? You can now apply for a subsidy.

IT helpdesk impersonation hits Microsoft Teams once again, with the hackers hiding their activity within legitimate tools

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 3 September 26

Microsoft is warning about an ongoing scam campaign starting in Teams.

Clicking 'Allow' on a Google and Microsoft permission screens could give hackers access to your entire account, FBI warns

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 3 September 26

OAuth consent phishing is a thing and the FBI is worried.

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Thomson Reuters hit by cyberattack that saw court documents across 11 states accessed by a hacker

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 3 September 26

A threat actor accessed C-Track files, compromised a cloud environment, and accessed court records across 11 states.

2.8 million people affected by data breach at Baylor Genetics testing and diagnostic firm

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 3 September 26

Business continued as usual, although employees and patients lost plenty of sensitive data in the incident.

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Lords call for a 'kill switch' on powerful AI systems used in the United Kingdom

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 3 September 26

They believe the UK needs a "vital safety net" to only be used as a last resort.