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

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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.

Apple finally patches Hide My Email security flaw — a year after it was first discovered

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 22 July 26

A bug that was first discovered in June 2025 was finally fixed in early July 2026.

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Chick-fil-A reveals data breach — customers warned hackers may have accessed their account info

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 22 July 26

Thousands of users in Texas alone had their data compromised and the company is now sending out notifications.

Rental giant Carla leaks user names, emails, and phone numbers ahead of summer holiday break

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 22 July 26

Another day, another misconfigured database discovered online.

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OpenAI says its models escaped a sandbox and breached Hugging Face

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 22 July 26

New OpenAI models did whatever it took to achieve their goal - including exploiting zero-days.

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Experts warn hackers could shut down entire power grids by hijacking cloud accounts

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 21 July 26

AI training can create spikes in energy consumption, and these can cause all sorts of harm to a power grid.

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Watch out - that Microsoft Calendar invite dated 2050 could be hiding stolen files and worse

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 21 July 26

Check your calendars for entries far into the future - especially if you're an Israeli entity.

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Estée Lauder says it was hit by data breach caused by Oracle E-Business issue

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 21 July 26

The breach happened in August 2025, but was only spotted recently by Estée Lauder.

Experts warn millions of WordPress websites could be at risk following reveal of worrying bugs

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 21 July 26

Hackers are chaining together two newly discovered flaws to achieve remote code execution.

Top AI coding agents can be easy victims to sandbox escapes, showing they aren't as secure as they claim to be

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 21 July 26

What if a host component outside the sandbox reads AI coding agents' output? And what if that output is manipulated?

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'This one was different from anything we had handled before': Hugging Face confirms it was hit by cyberattack powered by an AI agent

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 20 July 26

There's a new twist to the old code injection attack, and this one comes with AI seasoning.

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Colombian energy giant Ecopetrol says thousands of user accounts hit in cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 20 July 26

The Ecopetrol attackers demanded a ransom payment but did not deploy an encryptor.

Ransomware attacks hit SMBs harder than ever as cybercrime gang rivalry heats up

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 20 July 26

Qilin and The Gentlemen are going at it, at the expense of SMBs facing more attacks than ever.

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Ernst & Young reveals data breach following hack on support system

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 20 July 26

Someone pulled sensitive customer data from EY's servers, but the data is yet to surface anywhere.