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 warns top file hosting services hijacked for email scams

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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European government systems hit by air-gap malware attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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

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

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

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

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American Water hit by cyberattack, takes some systems offline

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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MoneyGram now says customer data was impacted in security incident

By Sead Fadilpašić published

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

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Rush to tech innovation is putting companies at risk of cyberattacks

By Sead Fadilpašić published

As businesses rush to innovate, they leave many doors open to hackers, report warns.

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MoneyGram says no evidence ransomware is behind recent cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Recent attack was no ransomware strike, MoneyGram confirms, as it restores transfer services.

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This detailed malware can hack your systems and turn off your antivirus to do more damage

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Yunit Stealer can add itself to Windows Defender's list of exclusions. and thus remain operational.

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Apple fixes embarrassing security bug that could have read your passwords out loud

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A new update was released for iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, fixing a passwords-related bug.

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Thousands of Comcast customers have data stolen from third party debt collectors

By Sead Fadilpašić published

When ransomware actors accessed FBCS, they struck gold, stealing data from multiple organizations.

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The unified solution for endpoint, identity & access management

By Sead Fadilpašić published

What makes a great endpoint protection solution?

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DDoS attacks are on the rise, and are increasingly politically-motivated

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hacktivists are causing chaos around the world with ever-improving DDoS attacks.

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DDoS attacks can be amplified by CUPS flaw

By Sead Fadilpašić published

RCE is not the only way to abuse the recently-uncovered CUPS flaw - it can also run powerful DDoS campaigns.

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Watch out - those browser updates could be a fake spreading malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Experts have spotted a new 'fake update' campaign targeting victims.

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Linux systems are being hit by a wide-ranging and dangerous new malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Crooks are deploying a new piece of Linux malware to mine cryptocurrencies.

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The largest ever DDoS attack has just been blocked - here's how it was done

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Cloudflare mitigated a 3.8Tbps DDoS attack against an unnamed company.

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‘Pig butchering’ schemes found hiding as trading apps on Google Play, App Store

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The apps have thousands of downloads, but have since been removed.

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Thousands of fake Microsoft emails are being sent out to trick businesses — here's what to look out for

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Phishing emails are getting harder to spot, so make sure your employees pay attention.

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Adobe Commerce and Magento stores facing attack from dangerous malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Crooks are stealing people's credit card data and taking over ecommerce websites.

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US government flags major Ivanti security flaw, so patch now

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Federal agencies don't have long to apply Ivanti patch following CISA warning.

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Thousands of Zimbra servers attacked following email account compromise

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The attacks don't seem to be that effective right now, but a patch should still be installed.

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