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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Marriott hit with major penalty to settle security breach claims

By Sead Fadilpašić published 10 October 24

Marriott International will have to pay a $52 million penalty to 49 states and the District of Columbia for multiple breaches.

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Companies are being bombarded by undetectable attacks - and things are only getting worse

By Sead Fadilpašić published 10 October 24

Hackers are getting better, while detection mechanisms stagnate, leading to more successful breaches.

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Software supply chain weaknesses are increasingly putting businesses at risk

By Sead Fadilpašić published 10 October 24

Supply chain attacks can lead to financial losses, reputational damage, and more.

Microsoft warns top file hosting services hijacked for email scams

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 October 24

OneDrive, Dropbox, SharePoint, and others, are being abused in phishing attacks that steal passwords and deploy malware.

European government systems hit by air-gap malware attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 October 24

State-sponsored group was seen targeting air-gapped endpoints belonging to EU governments.

Qualcomm releases raft of security patches, urges users to fix now

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 October 24

The company released fixes for 20 flaws, including some allegedly exploited in the wild.

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Microsoft 365 accounts targeted by dangerous new phishing scam

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 October 24

New Mamba PhaaS allows crooks to steal even MFA codes.

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Casio admits network breach, reveals systems shut down

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 October 24

No word of sensitive data being stolen,and no-one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Universal Music Group admits data breach, Social Security Numbers and more stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 October 24

There is no evidence of data misuse just yet, but UMG says hundreds are affected.

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ADT reveals another major network breach, but says no customer data revealed

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 October 24

The containment measures resulted in “some disruptions” to the IT network, the company confirmed.

American Water hit by cyberattack, takes some systems offline

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 October 24

No word if this was a ransomware attack or not, but the company does not expect a material impact.

MoneyGram now says customer data was impacted in security incident

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 October 24

The company started sending out data breach notifications to affected individuals, explaining the type of data stolen.