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

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 users hit by two major threat campaigns - fake IT calls and phishing emails target users across the world

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

BigBear 2.0 and PREY-0058 are wreaking havoc across businesses as they scam employees into handing over login credentials and MFA codes.

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Two major security flaws are affecting more than six million WordPress websites

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Patches are available, so WordPress users should hurry up and apply them.

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G7 tells businesses to get ready for quantum cybersecurity threats

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Organizations late to the migration could lose contracting opportunities, G7 warns.

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US military troops can still be hit by targeted attacks despite disabling ad tracking on their devices — and leaders aren't happy

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Government-issued devices are safe - but what about private devices?

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Storm Proxies review

By Stefan Ionescu Last updated

Updated Storm Proxies delivers on the basics at a reasonable price but you'll find more features elsewhere.

Ransomware hackers dump 1.4 million stolen records from German government

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

This is an "extremely serious crime" and an attack on Berlin, the government says.

Phishing
Hackers are using 'invisible' Unicode characters to sneak phishing lures into emails

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

A technique used in prompt injection attacks has made it into phishing, Microsoft has warned.

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Google patches multiple browser bugs including one that was under active exploitation — so update now

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Google did not share the details about the bug being actively used.

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI warns about how good Astra model is at cracking cybersecurity, releases it anyway because it took 'years of research and big bets'

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

GPT-6 Astra was paused a month ago for triggering safety protocols and now it's being slowly rolled out.

Cisco
Cisco patches three critical vulnerabilities as part of 'comprehensive internal security review'

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

A total of eight flaws were fixed, none of which were exploited in the wild.

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OpenAI puts its money where its mouth is, offers $1 billion in AI credits to cyber defenders

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Want to use Daybreak but cannot afford it? You can now apply for a subsidy.

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IT helpdesk impersonation hits Microsoft Teams once again, with the hackers hiding their activity within legitimate tools

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Microsoft is warning about an ongoing scam campaign starting in Teams.

Phishing
Clicking 'Allow' on a Google and Microsoft permission screens could give hackers access to your entire account, FBI warns

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

OAuth consent phishing is a thing and the FBI is worried.

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Thomson Reuters hit by cyberattack that saw court documents across 11 states accessed by a hacker

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

A threat actor accessed C-Track files, compromised a cloud environment, and accessed court records across 11 states.

Laboratory
2.8 million people affected by data breach at Baylor Genetics testing and diagnostic firm

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Business continued as usual, although employees and patients lost plenty of sensitive data in the incident.

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Lords call for a 'kill switch' on powerful AI systems used in the United Kingdom

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

They believe the UK needs a "vital safety net" to only be used as a last resort.

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AI is getting closer to being able to exploit OT, and that's very bad news for critical infrastructure

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

The situation is not disastrous just yet, but it's definitely time to start paying attention, Forescout hints.

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Over 5,000 Dropbox accounts have been hacked, and the attackers only needed an email address

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

A bug in Lenovo's ID verification system made it possible to access Dropbox accounts, but the bug has since been fixed.

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A malware installer posing as a legitimate download service is infecting brands across almost every industry — Microsoft Edge, Razer, Kaspersky and more actively imitated

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Microsoft is warning about an ongoing campaign abusing dozens of popular technology and software firms.

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A botnet running for 23 years with over 15,000 endpoints has finally been shut down by law enforcement and Crowdstrike

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Crowdstrike and friends sinkholed thousands of Sality's endpoints rendering the botnet useless.

Laboratory
More than 9.5 million patients affected by Aesto Health breach — names, SSNs, financial details, health records and more stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

More than two dozen of Aesto's clients affected by the December 2025 cyberincident.

Laboratory
Multiple healthcare giants hit by data breaches affecting patient records, social security numbers, and even implanted cardiac devices

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Boston Scientific and McKesson are working on restoring services after being struck by disruptive cyberattacks.

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Cisco routers are being turned into surveillance vantage points to hoover up data on trusted networks — and it's all thanks to this new malware

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Fire Ant is now targeting routers, authentication servers, and Linux management hosts, using them as stepping stones.

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North Korea expands fraudulent job resumes to target marketing, sales, and medical sector

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

North Koreans are going to great lengths to get hired in the west, even if it means faking absolutely everything.

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Careful when filing your taxes, this new "PackClient" malware is hitting global firms via tax audit lures

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

The Chinese are using a tax lure to deploy a new RAT and take over victim devices.

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