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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North Korean hackers using malicious QR codes in spear phishing, FBI warns

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 January 26

Kimsuky's latest attacks can bypass email protections and MFA to steal M365 and VPN accounts.

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10 emergency directives retired as CISA declares them redundant

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 January 26

The directives served their purpose and are no longer needed.

Takedowns and arrests didn't slow down ransomware in 2025

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 January 26

Despite the police's best efforts, ransomware continues to rise with more actors, more victims, and more trouble.

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IBM's AI 'Bob' could be manipulated to download and execute malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 January 26

Bob is also susceptible to indirect prompt injection, but only under specific conditions.

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By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 January 26

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This 'ZombieAgent' zero click vulnerability allows for silent account takeover - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 9 January 26

ChatGPT was vulnerable to prompt injection, but OpenAI apparently fixed it.

Personal data on over 700,000 exposed by Illinois government agency

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 January 26

A human mistake resulted in a major data leak in late September 2025.

Congressional staff emails hacked as part of Salt Typhoon campaign

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 January 26

Emails used by staff members of “powerful committees in the US House of Representatives were allegedly breached.

Vulnerability in Identity Service Engine with exploit code patched by Cisco

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 January 26

A PoC is out there, but there's no evidence of abuse yet.

Use Classic Outlook? This Microsoft bug might stop you from opening encrypted emails

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 January 26

There is no fix available, but you can always revert to an older version.

A critical n8n flaw has been discovered - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published 8 January 26

A patch and workarounds are available.

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This phishing campaign spoofs internal messages - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published 7 January 26

Crooks are abusing misconfigurations to trick victims into thinking they received an email from their bosses and HRs.

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Average organization now reporting over 200 GenAI-related data policy violations each month

By Sead Fadilpašić published 7 January 26

Shadow AI remains a key challenge for organizations as employees share more and more sensitive data with unvetted tools.

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Researchers poison their own data when stolen by an AI to ruin results

By Sead Fadilpašić published 7 January 26

Poisoned knowledge graphs can make the LLM hallucinate, rendering it useless to the thieves.

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This critical severity flaw in D-Link DSL gateway devices could allow for remote code execution

By Sead Fadilpašić published 7 January 26

Users are advised to replace outdated gear to avoid being targeted.

This new malware campaign is stealing chat logs via Chrome extensions

By Sead Fadilpašić published 7 January 26

Two extensions were found exfiltrating all AI prompts.