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

Hundreds of Android banking and crypto apps hit by dangerous new Rokarolla malware

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

A new Android trojan is capable of stealing data from 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps.

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Microsoft Teams users beware — relays hit by ransomware hackers looking to hide malicious traffic

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

DragonForce is the first ransomware operator to use this technique that was discovered last year.

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'The credential data leak is dangerous simply because of its enormous size': Experts warn "colossal" breach exposes 24 billion records including personal info

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

Someone has been hoarding data leaks from across the web and putting them in a single Elasticsearch instance.

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Google says Chinese hackers attacked Workspace security, hit 'a diverse set of national, state, and private medical entities' including research and defense organizations

By Sead Fadilpašić Last updated 17 June 26

Google warns of ongoing data theft campaign attributed to Chinese nation-state attacker.

Holiday season is here — but watch out, hackers are launching more phishing scams and attacks than ever before

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 June 26

Firms in hospitality are hit with more than 2,000 attacks every week now, while consumers are being served fake accommodation sites.

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

Maine takes down its data breach notification portal after it is flooded by fake claims

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

Someone has been posting fake data breach notifications, forcing the Maine Attorney General's Office to act.

Over 1 million WordPress sites at risk after popular plugin hacked — OptinMonster among those hit in CDN supply-chain attack

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

Three popular plugins served malicious JavaScript through a compromised CDN.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot can be turned into a one-click data theft tool — inbox, OneDrive, and SharePoint data all at risk, so patch now

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

Varonis found a way to chain three bugs into one exploit that can lead to data exfiltration.

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Will the World Cup be safe? New report finds huge surge in cyberattacks targeting professional sports organizations

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 16 June 26

AI is amplifying cybersecurity risk around major sporting events, researchers find.

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'Our research suggests that there are real risks associated with these sites': Experts say some job-search platforms are stealing personal data from job seekers

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

Many sites may be selling their users' data to third parties without them knowing.

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Novo Nordisk reveals cyberattack: Ozempic and Wegovy maker says clinical trials data breached

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

The company says the data is pseudonymous and apparently can't be linked to actual people.

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FBI takes out huge AI-powered phishing service: Outsider Enterprise was using over a million phishing URLs to steal credit card data and passwords

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

Servers, Telegram bots, and money, all seized by the authorities.

AMD denies researcher $10,000 bug bounty reward — despite spotting critical-severity issue

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 15 June 26

The company updated its bug bounty disclosure rules retroactively.

The basics of ethical web scraping and how to optimize your proxies

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 12 June 26

Why you should be using residential proxies for web scraping

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 12 June 26

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