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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Microsoft announces its own Black Hat-like hacking event with big rewards for AI security

By Ellen Jennings-Trace, Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

Microsoft will offer top-level bug bounties at its own BlackHat-esque security event.

Dangerous global botnet fueling residential proxies is being hit in major crackdown

By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

Lumen and partners have disrupted the operations of the NSOCKS proxy and the underlying ngioweb botnet.

Zyxel VPN security flaw targeted by new ransomware attackers

By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

Small and medium-sized businesses in the US and Europe are being targeted using Zyxel VPN flaw.

Website planning just got easier thanks to Wix Studio’s new tool

By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

Users are getting a powerful new way to streamline the website creation process, Wix claims.

Oracle patches software security flaw which could have let hackers steal business files

By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

The flaw was being exploited in the wild, Oracle confirms, but we don't know by whom.

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By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

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D-Link is telling users to stop using these routers immediately, or face hacking

By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 November 24

A critical RCE flaw has been found in multiple D-Link routers that reached end-of-life.

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US space tech firm Maxar says employee personal data leaked in hack

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated 20 November 24

A hacker with a Hong Kong address lurked on Maxar servers for a week, stealing sensitive employee information.

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Update now — Fortinet Windows VPN hacked to steal user data

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 November 24

A months-old vulnerability, with no fix in sight, is being abused to grab VPN passwords.

A major VMware vCenter Server security bug is now being exploited, so patch now

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 November 24

A bug that was patched twice since September is now being abused to execute malicious code, remotely.

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By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 November 24

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Ford says it is investigating claims thousands of workers have had data leaked online

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 November 24

EnergyWeaponUser and IntelBroker strike again, but Ford is yet to confirm the incident.

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Phishing emails using SVG attachments to help get away with attacks

By Sead Fadilpašić published 19 November 24

Weaponized SVG attachments are not being recognized as malicious, resulting in victims being served phishing scams and malware.

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