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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Thousands of employees exposed as Korean Air compromised in Oracle breach

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A Korean airline suffered a supply-chain attack through a catering company.

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Researchers identify new ToneShell backdoor targeting government agencies

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Chinese attackers are allegedly spying on their neighbors with sophisticated backdoors.

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Hackers are targeting taxpayers as they file - here's what to look for

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Russia-linked actors are targeting tax firms in the US, stealing highly sensitive data

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Thousands of servers exposed as MongoBleed vulnerability exploited

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A proof-of-concept is now available on the internet, and around 87,000 servers are at risk.

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Hackers say they have stolen 40 million Condé Nast Records - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A hacker claims to have good intentions - but do they, really?

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Yet another phishing campaign impersonates trusted Google services - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Google Cloud Application Integration is being abused to generate phishing emails leading victims to fake Microsoft login sites.

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Software supply chain attacks pose huge dangers - here's how to bolster your defenses

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A new report shows how risky software supply chains really are, and how AI only makes it worse.

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Downtime caused historic issues in 2025 - but who lost out most?

By Sead Fadilpašić published

For many, 2025 will be remembered by outages and lost revenue opportunities.

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Scam season is here, keep yourself safe with these tips

By Sead Fadilpašić published

SMS scams are on the rise but there are ways to easily spot them.

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AI-created ransomware and NFC attacks lead the surge in new cyberattacks - here's how you can stay safe this holidays

By Sead Fadilpašić published

AI is no longer being used just to craft convincing phishing emails - it's being used to build ransomware.

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These malicious Google Chrome extensions have stolen data from over 170 sites - find out if you're affected

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Two Chrome extensions were found eavesdropping on people's browsing, stealing login credentials and payment card information.

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Aflac reveals personal data of 22.6 million people stolen in cyberattack - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Six months after the breach, Aflac determines how many people are affected and starts reaching out.

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Suspected DDoS attack takes France’s post office offline

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Multiple post office sites and services are inaccessible as teams scramble to restore them.

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Dangerous WebRAT malware now being spread by GitHub repositories

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Security researchers find 15 malicious repositories, all deploying a dropper for the WebRAT backdoor.

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Worrying WhatsApp attack can steal messages and even accounts - here's how to stay safe from "poisoned" attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A fork of a popular project was found on npm, but not before it amassed tens of thousands of downloads.

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OpenAI says it's had to protect its Atlas AI browser against some serious security threats

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Prompt injection might never go away, OpenAI says, as it compares it to phishing.

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Nissan says Red Hat breach affected thousands of customers

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The September 2025 breach at Red Hat also exposed Nissan customer files -affecting around 21,000 people.

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University of Phoenix data breach may have hit over 3.5 million victims - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Cl0p claims another victim as University of Phoenix confirms losing data of around 3.5 million people.

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Ransomware attack on Romanian water agency hits over a thousand systems

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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React2Shell exploitation continues to escalate, posing 'significant risk'

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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