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

Hims and Hers reveal cyberattack — customer support system hacked and personal info stolen, here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 April 26

At least 500 people were affected in breach at Hims and Hers.

Top money transfer site Duc leaks user passport and driving license data info online

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 April 26

Hundreds of thousands of KYC files were exposed in attack on Duc.

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Many of the most downloaded and top-grossing apps in the United States are developed and maintained by foreign companies': FBI urges users not to download Chinese mobile apps over privacy risks

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 April 26

Chinese apps store sensitive data on servers in China, which the government can access, FBI warns.

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EU cyberattack may have been worse than we thought - 90GB of data published online as 30 entities hit

By Sead Fadilpašić published 3 April 26

CERT-EU is blaming TeamPCP for the attack, saying the Trivy breach trickled down.

'This is not an April Fool's joke': Crypto platform Drift suspends services after millions stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated 3 April 26

So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack in which $280 million were pulled from Drift.

This new 'laughing rat' malware will steal your data and hack your systems — and then laugh at you while doing it

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 April 26

CrystalX RAT comes with a handful of prankware, allowing hackers to tease their victims as they steal their data.

'This rootkit is highly persistent; a standard factory reset will not remove it': "NoVoice" Android malware on Google Play infects 50 apps across 2.3 million devices, here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 April 26

NoVoice can clone people's WhatsApp accounts on different devices, experts warn.

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'By replacing a legitimate update with a malicious one, they turned the product’s update flow into a malware distribution channel': Experts find flaw in TrueConf video conferencing tool used by governments, military

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 April 26

Sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign recently uncovered targeting government entities in Southeast Asia.

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Hasbro hit by major cyberattack — toymaker confirms 'unfortunate incident' takes down some parts of its websites

By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 April 26

The business is still running but it could take weeks before the issue is fully resolved.

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

By Sead Fadilpašić published 1 April 26

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

'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 1 April 26

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 1 April 26

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

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

By Sead Fadilpašić published 1 April 26

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

'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 31 March 26

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 31 March 26

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 31 March 26

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 31 March 26

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

'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 31 March 26

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