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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Gigabyte warns users Control Center flaw could let hackers hijack your files

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A Windows utility tool was found vulnerable to a critical flaw that enabled RCE, DoS, and other risks.

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'What if the AI agent you just deployed was secretly working against you?': Vertex AI 'double agent' flaw exposes customer data and Google's internal code

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Misconfigured AI agents can lead to data disclosure and other risks.

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'Hundreds of thousands of stolen secrets could potentially be circulating as a result of these recent attacks': Google says North Korean hackers behind major attack on Axios

By Sead Fadilpašić published

North Korean hackers used an updated version of a known backdoor to target a popular npm package.

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Anthropic confirms it leaked 512,000 lines of Claude Code source code — spilling some of its biggest secrets

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Claude Code's entire source code has been leaked and the internet is up in arms.

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'A hard truth for the AI era: don’t assume AI tools are secure by default': OpenAI patches flaw allowing silent data leakage from ChatGPT conversations without users ever knowing

By Sead Fadilpašić published

What happens when researchers think outside the box? Data gets exfiltrated through DNS.

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Critical Citrix NetScaler flaw gets official patch warning from CISA

By Sead Fadilpašić published

CISA is giving FCEB agencies a tight deadline to patch as researchers discover evidence of abuse.

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'Not just development tools': Security experts discover critical flaw in OpenAI's Codex which could compromise entire enterprise organizations

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Researchers managed to steal GitHub OAuth tokens by abusing a command injection vulnerability.

Healthcare tech firm CareCloud admits data breach, says hackers accessed patient info — here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Whether or not data was stolen has not yet been determined, but an investigation is ongoing.

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'The browser has become the new endpoint': New NordLayer browser looks to help boost SMB security like never before - here's what it can do

By Sead Fadilpašić published

NordLayer is jumping into the browser arena - here's what its new offering can do.

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Around 500,000 WordPress websites could be at risk from crucial plugin security flaw — here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers can read arbitrary files, including those containing passwords, with this newly discovered WordPress flaw.

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Another worrying macOS malware scheme has been discovered — here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Malwarebytes discovers Infiniti Stealer - a new piece of malware targeting macOS devices.

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Major compromise of the telnyx PyPI library could put millions of users at risk

By Sead Fadilpašić published

TeamPCP strikes again, with almost identical code to LiteLLM.

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GitHub developers targeted by fake VS Code alerts spreading malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

GitHub 'Discussions' section is being manipulated into delivering malware to software devs.

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European Commission confirms platform data breach — admits 'data have been taken' from official websites

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Unnamed attackers claim to have taken 350GB of European Commission data and plan to leak it.

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'No clicks, no permission prompts. Just visit a page, and an attacker completely controls your browser': Experts warn Claude Chrome extension could let hackers hijack your online browsing

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Prompt injection attacks can now be carried out in browser extensions, experts warn.

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'Each vulnerability exposes a different class of enterprise data': LangChain framework hit by several worrying security issues — here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

LangChain and LangGraph have patched three high-severity and critical bugs.

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'This is a final warning': Hackers say they'll leak "several terabytes" of ZenBusiness data

By Sead Fadilpašić published

ShinyHunters are urging ZenBusiness to pay the ransom demand, otherwise they will leak "terabytes" of data.

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English learning app used by Sony and Paramount put millions of users at risk

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Five million Japanese have had their recordings leak to the internet through a misconfigured Google Cloud database.

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TikTok for Business accounts targeted in phishing campaign — here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published

TikTok for Business users warned not to click any shady links, especially those recently registered through Nicenic.

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This popular app builder is being abused to trick users - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated

Bubble.io's good name is being tarnished by advanced and convincing phishing lures.

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These are the biggest risks businesses see around using AI - including the most 'extreme' threats

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Businesses are rushing to implement AI, despite obvious risks to security.

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Huge numbers of web stores are facing attack from this dangerous new malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are actively using PolyShell against major brands and other ecommerce sites.

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'A sophisticated threat that is quietly reshaping the economics of digital fraud': How hackers are employing virtual cloud phones to power major scams

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Cloud phones are the latest tool to be used against banking app users and the security community should take notice.

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'Cybercriminals are industrializing deception': new report reveals how major global cybercrime syndicates have infiltrated trusted domains with millions now at risk - here's what you need to know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Exclusive Outdated software, crypto fraud, and fake ecommerce sites are running rampant, losing people money and web assets.

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Ajax suffers major own goal as data breach hits personal info of 300,000 fans

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A bug in an app allowed a hacker to view and tamper with the data, but a fix has since been implemented.

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