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

Suspected DDoS attack takes France’s post office offline

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 December 25

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

Dangerous WebRAT malware now being spread by GitHub repositories

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 December 25

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 23 December 25

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 23 December 25

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

Nissan says Red Hat breach affected thousands of customers

By Sead Fadilpašić published 23 December 25

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

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

By Sead Fadilpašić published 23 December 25

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 23 December 25

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 22 December 25

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 22 December 25

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 22 December 25

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 22 December 25

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

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

By Sead Fadilpašić published 22 December 25

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

React2Shell exploitation continues to escalate, posing 'significant risk'

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

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

Cisco email security products actively targeted in zero-day campaign

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Two Chinese-nexus groups have been exploiting a newly discovered flaw to establish persistence and launch backdoors.

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No storefront needed — get paid via DMs and QR codes with Squarespace’s new tool

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Generate dedicated URLs for payment with Pay Links.

Hackers stole data in UK government cyberattack, minister confirms

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

The attack seems to have happened in October but the risk towards citizens is minimal.

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New research reveals AI is fueling an 'unprecedented surge in cloud security risks'

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Businesses are rushing to deploy AI, creating overly permissioned, misconfigured systems.

State actors are abusing OAuth device codes to get full M365 account access - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 December 25

Researchers spotted multiple groups using the same technique and believe it's only going to get worse.