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

Fortinet firewalls hit by huge password-stealing attack — around 75,000 users possibly affected

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 18 June 26

Researchers discovered a major database containing plaintext passwords.

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Microsoft says it's hard at work on a patch for this worrying Defender zero-day

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 18 June 26

RoguePlanet now has a CVE and a patch in the works, a week after the disclosure of a PoC.

A man holds the FIFA World Cup in his hands.

A basic security flaw let a security researcher access internal FIFA systems — and the ability to control World Cup TV streams

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 18 June 26

"An attacker could have rickrolled the entire FIFA World Cup" - but luckily the issue was quickly fixed.

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Gamers beware — experts flag Steam Workshop is being abused to spread malware via Wallpaper Engine app

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

Even a wallpaper can carry a virus these days, so be careful what you're downloading.

Hundreds of Android banking and crypto apps hit by dangerous new Rokarolla malware

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

A new Android trojan is capable of stealing data from 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps.

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Microsoft Teams users beware — relays hit by ransomware hackers looking to hide malicious traffic

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

DragonForce is the first ransomware operator to use this technique that was discovered last year.

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'The credential data leak is dangerous simply because of its enormous size': Experts warn "colossal" breach exposes 24 billion records including personal info

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

Someone has been hoarding data leaks from across the web and putting them in a single Elasticsearch instance.

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Google says Chinese hackers attacked Workspace security, hit 'a diverse set of national, state, and private medical entities' including research and defense organizations

By Sead Fadilpašić Last updated 17 June 26

Google warns of ongoing data theft campaign attributed to Chinese nation-state attacker.

Holiday season is here — but watch out, hackers are launching more phishing scams and attacks than ever before

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

Firms in hospitality are hit with more than 2,000 attacks every week now, while consumers are being served fake accommodation sites.

Malware attack virus alert , malicious software infection , cyber security awareness training to protect business

Maine takes down its data breach notification portal after it is flooded by fake claims

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

Someone has been posting fake data breach notifications, forcing the Maine Attorney General's Office to act.

Over 1 million WordPress sites at risk after popular plugin hacked — OptinMonster among those hit in CDN supply-chain attack

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

Three popular plugins served malicious JavaScript through a compromised CDN.

Caution sign data unlocking hackers. Malicious software, virus and cybercrime, System warning hacked alert, cyberattack on online network, data breach, risk of website

Microsoft 365 Copilot can be turned into a one-click data theft tool — inbox, OneDrive, and SharePoint data all at risk, so patch now

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

Varonis found a way to chain three bugs into one exploit that can lead to data exfiltration.

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Will the World Cup be safe? New report finds huge surge in cyberattacks targeting professional sports organizations

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

AI is amplifying cybersecurity risk around major sporting events, researchers find.

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'Our research suggests that there are real risks associated with these sites': Experts say some job-search platforms are stealing personal data from job seekers

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

Many sites may be selling their users' data to third parties without them knowing.

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Novo Nordisk reveals cyberattack: Ozempic and Wegovy maker says clinical trials data breached

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

The company says the data is pseudonymous and apparently can't be linked to actual people.

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FBI takes out huge AI-powered phishing service: Outsider Enterprise was using over a million phishing URLs to steal credit card data and passwords

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

Servers, Telegram bots, and money, all seized by the authorities.

AMD denies researcher $10,000 bug bounty reward — despite spotting critical-severity issue

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

The company updated its bug bounty disclosure rules retroactively.

The basics of ethical web scraping and how to optimize your proxies

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 12 June 26

Why you should be using residential proxies for web scraping

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 12 June 26

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By Sead Fadilpašić Published 12 June 26

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This Microsoft Defender zero-day could give hackers unprecedented access to your system

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 10 June 26

Chaotic Eclipse strikes again, releasing their seventh zero-day in just two months.

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OpenClaw AI agent tricked into phishing attacks, with user data compromised

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 10 June 26

Varonis has a suggestion on how to make AI agents more careful.

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French government internal messaging tool Tchap hit by data breach — but it doesn't know if any data was compromised

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 10 June 26

A cybercriminal claimed the Tchap breach on a dark web forum, saying they stole gigabytes of sensitive data.

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ServiceNow reveals security issue affecting customer data, but won't reveal much on what actually happened

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 10 June 26

A bug in an API endpoint was apparently abused to access customer data.

Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with fixes for over 200 security flaws

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 10 June 26

AI use is really starting to show and for once, we're happy for it.

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