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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Huge hacking campaign uses spoofed Ghidra, dnSpy, and SpiderFoot security tools to harvest ad revenue and serve malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published 4 June 26

More than 100 spoofed websites were redirecting users and offering infostealers.

Microsoft is ditching password-based authentication tomorrow – Edge browser will switch to Windows Hello access

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 June 26

Edge's password manager is getting an upgrade as it ditches decades-old solutions.

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'You can no longer do things at human scale': Cisco releases AI agent botnet that works on behalf of your business

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 June 26

Cyberspace has become an AI battlefield, and Cisco wants in on the action.

Weedhack malware campaign infects 116,000 mod-hungry Minecraft players systems through SEO poisoning and YouTube

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 June 26

Fake mods and clients are being advertised on YouTube and used to deploy backdoors and infostealers.

Steam Community Profiles abused as C2 network in new WordPress malware infection campaign

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 June 26

A new cheeky malware campaign abuses the comment section as a roadsign to malware

New Trump executive order requests AI companies 'voluntarily' allow the White House to test the "advanced cyber capabilities of AI models”

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 June 26

AI companies seem to be on board with the idea, with some calling it "an important step forward".

Over 5,000 malicious domains targeting 2026 US Midterm elections spotted going live – and they could be used for fraud, phishing, or worse

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 June 26

Malicious actors are not targeting vote counters, but rather the voters themselves.

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Rapid7 observes new Palo Alto VPN flaw exploited in the wild to bypass GlobalProtect authentication

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 June 26

A flaw fixed last month is now being used in real-life attacks, and security researchers are urging users to patch.

Compromised Red Hat npm packages downloaded over 80,000 times in one week – supply chain attack still ongoing

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 June 26

Security researchers spotted a new campaign using the same methods as TeamPCP.

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Ransomware groups grow revenue by almost 40% in Q1 2026

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 June 26

Initial Access Brokers are removing a major pain point helping ransomware operators steal more.

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Thousands of compromised websites abused by DriveSurge in active ClickFix and FakeUpdates campaigns

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 June 26

SilentPush is warning about an Intial Access Broker campaign called DriveSurge that uses thousands of websites to deploy a backdoor.