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

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This devious botnet tried a trial run during the recent AWS outage - so when will it be back?

By Sead Fadilpašić published 27 November 25

Another child of Mirai was spotted in the wild - but this one flashed only briefly.

Asahi confirms cyberattack leaked data on 1.5 million customers

By Sead Fadilpašić published 27 November 25

Japanese beermaker says company-issued PCs were infected and customer data likely nabbed.

New macOS malware chain could cause a major security headache - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 26 November 25

North Korean hackers are targeting macOS devs now with fake jobs and a ClickFix approach.

Ransomware hackers attack SMBs being acquired to try and gain access to multiple companies

By Sead Fadilpašić published 26 November 25

Many businesses acquired over the summer came with an infection, which then spilled over to the buyer's network.

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By Sead Fadilpašić last updated 26 November 25

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Emergency alert systems across US disrupted following OnSolve CodeRED cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić published 26 November 25

INC Ransom claimed responsibility for the attack.

SitusAMC hack may have exposed data at major financial heavyweights

By Sead Fadilpašić published 26 November 25

A company providing the backend for finance giants was breached, with the damage still being assessed.

Watch out coders - top code formatting sites are apparently exposing huge amounts of user data

By Sead Fadilpašić published 26 November 25

People are willingly uploading secrets to JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify, where hackers can easily pick them up.

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By Sead Fadilpašić published 25 November 25

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Black Friday shopping scams are on the rise - experts warn many new domains could be dodgy, here's what to look for

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 November 25

Be careful with sites having 'Black Friday' in their domain name, as well as those with 'Amazon' or 'Alibaba', say experts.

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Windows Server flaw targeted by hackers to spread malware - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 November 25

Windows Server issue was fixed roughly a month ago, so make sure you update now.

Cox Enterprises hit by Oracle data breach - but it won't name who carried out the attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 November 25

Cl0p ransomware group says it has already leaked the stolen files on the dark web.

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Google security experts say Gainsight hacks may have left hundreds of companies affected

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 November 25

The attack on Gainsight-published applications connected to Salesforce probably affects hundreds of firms, experts have warned.

Iberia tells customers it was hit by a major security breach

By Sead Fadilpašić published 24 November 25

A hacker was also found trying to sell an Iberia archive for $150,000.

Perplexity responds to Comet browser vulnerability claims, argues "fake news"

By Sead Fadilpašić published 23 November 25

Researchers said Comet can be abused to execute local commands, but Perplexity claims the research is "entirely fake".