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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Experts warn clicking "unsubscribe" on that boring email could actually be a security risk - here's why

By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 June 25

What if the "unsubscribe" button was a trick to check if the email is active?

This cyberattack lets hackers crack AI models just by changing a single character

By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 June 25

A "lottery" spam email will almost always be filtered out - but "slottery"? Well, that's an entirely different beast.

Over 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts hit by password spraying attacks

By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 June 25

Half a dozen flaws across different products were addressed despite not being abused in the wild.

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Fog ransomware attacks use employee monitoring tool to break into business networks

By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 June 25

The ransomware group was also seen using open source tools in a bid to stay undetected.

Trend Micro patches several worrying security flaws, so update now

By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 June 25

Half a dozen flaws across different Trend Micro products were addressed, despite not being abused in the wild.

Major data breach at popular hookup app leaks data on millions of users - see if you're safe

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated 13 June 25

A dating site kept an open database on the internet, but claims it contained test data.

Holidaymakers under threat from devious new cyber threat - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published 12 June 25

Fake Booking.com site found dropping a dangerous RAT to people's computers, experts warn.

Microsoft Copilot targeted in first “zero-click” attack on an AI agent - what you need to know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 12 June 25

Security researchers discovered a way to extract sensitive information from Microsoft 365 Copilot.

AI apps on smartphone screen, finger tapping on DeepSeek app

Watch out - that DeepSeek installer could be damaging malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published 12 June 25

Fake DeepSeek website found serving dangerous malware instead of the popular app.

This devious cyberattack uses smartwatches to pinch data from air-gapped systems

By Sead Fadilpašić published 12 June 25

Researchers found a way to broadcast sensitive data via inaudible frequencies.

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

Major Interpol operation takes thousands of infostealer sites offline, dozens arrested

By Sead Fadilpašić published 12 June 25

Operation Secure sees dozens of arrests made in major campaign.

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Millions of patients possibly at risk due to poor passwords at healthcare orgs - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published 11 June 25

Organizations are still using easy-to-crack passwords, experts warn.

A worrying Windows SecureBoot issue could let hackers install malware - here's what we know, and whether you need to update

By Sead Fadilpašić published 11 June 25

A legitimate module could have been abused to deploy bootkit malware that persists even when the hard drive is replaced.

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Hackers are now pretending to be jobseekers to spread malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published 11 June 25

As if fake recruiters weren't enough, we now have fake job seekers, too.

Best AI writer of 2025

By Bryan M Wolfe last updated 11 June 25

Updated We list the best AI writers, to make it simple and easy to create simple automated text content.

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Texas government reports 300,000 plus crash records stolen in cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić published 11 June 25

Victims are being notified.

Best email client of 2025

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated 11 June 25

Updated We list the best email clients, to make it simple and easy to improve the way you manage emails.