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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Ransomware attack on Romanian water agency hits over a thousand systems

By Sead Fadilpašić published 23 December 25

An unknown threat actor wreaked some serious havoc but operations are continuing unabated.

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Motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock at risk from new UEFI flaw attack - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 22 December 25

Many popular devices are now vulnerable to direct memory access attacks, but there is a patch.

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HPE tells customers to patch OneView immediately as top-level security flaw spotted

By Sead Fadilpašić published 22 December 25

A 10/10 RCE flaw was found in HPE OneView, but it's not yet being abused.

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WatchGuard Firebox OS forced to patch worrying security flaw, so update now

By Sead Fadilpašić published 22 December 25

The firewall maker found a critical RCE that is being abused in the wild.

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NHS England tech provider reveals data breach - DXS International hit by ransomware

By Sead Fadilpašić published 22 December 25

DXS International was hit by ransomware, but we don't know if any files were stolen.

Eurostar chatbot security flaws almost left customers exposed to possible security threats

By Sead Fadilpašić published 22 December 25

Security researchers found multiple vulnerabilities on Eurostar platform, including the ability to bypass guardrails.

React2Shell exploitation continues to escalate, posing 'significant risk'

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Several hundred machines across a diverse set of organizations already compromised, Microsoft says.

Cisco email security products actively targeted in zero-day campaign

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Two Chinese-nexus groups have been exploiting a newly discovered flaw to establish persistence and launch backdoors.

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By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Generate dedicated URLs for payment with Pay Links.

Hackers stole data in UK government cyberattack, minister confirms

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

The attack seems to have happened in October but the risk towards citizens is minimal.

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New research reveals AI is fueling an 'unprecedented surge in cloud security risks'

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Businesses are rushing to deploy AI, creating overly permissioned, misconfigured systems.

State actors are abusing OAuth device codes to get full M365 account access - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Researchers spotted multiple groups using the same technique and believe it's only going to get worse.