Sead Fadilpasic

Articles by Sead Fadilpasic

Scam season is here, keep yourself safe with these tips

Crypto December 30, 2025

Avast warns of 10 common SMS scam types, including fake parcels and OTP theftRed flags include urgency, suspicious links, requests for codes, and unusual spelling or branding

Dangerous WebRAT malware now being spread by GitHub repositories

Crypto December 25, 2025

Kaspersky finds 15 malicious GitHub repositories posing as proof‑of‑concept exploits, some crafted with Gen AIVictims receive a ZIP with decoys and a dropper (rasmanesc.exe) that ins… [+2779 cha...

A massive new DDoS botnet has already snared 1.8 million devices - here's what we know about Kimwolf

Crypto December 19, 2025

Kimwolf, an Android botnet with 1.8 million infected devices, is rapidly evolving using ENS for resilienceIts code and infrastructure overlap with AISURU, indicating both belong to t… [+2835 chars]

AWS systems targeted by crypto mining scam using hijacked IAM credentials

Crypto December 18, 2025

Attackers used stolen high‑privilege IAM credentials to rapidly deploy large‑scale cryptomining on EC2 and ECSThey launched GPU‑heavy auto‑scaling groups, malicious Fargate container… [+3010...

Messaging app Freedom Chat exposes user phone numbers and more - here's what we know

Crypto December 16, 2025

Freedom Chat exposed user phone numbers and PIN codes due to two major security flawsA misconfigured server let attackers brute‑force phone numbers, while a second bug leaked PINs to… [+2789 chars...

Why Is Crypto Down Today? – December 15, 2025

Crypto December 16, 2025

As a new week begins, the crypto market is down today, with the cryptocurrency market capitalisation decreasing by 0.5%. It now stands at $3.15 trillion. About 80 of the top 100 coins have gone down οΏ½...

New MacOS malware exploits trusted AI and search tools

Crypto December 13, 2025

AMOS operators used malvertising and poisoned ChatGPT/Grok conversations to push Mac malwareFake β€œfree disk space” guides tricked users into running Terminal commands that installed … [+2662 cha...

Google adds prompt injection defenses to Chrome

Crypto December 11, 2025

Google strengthens Chrome against indirect prompt injection attacks with new defensesFeatures: User Alignment Critic & Agent Origin Sets for safer agent actionsAgents no… [+2755 chars]

Maximum severity React2Shell flaw exploited by North Korean hackers in malware attacks

Crypto December 11, 2025

React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) critical flaw exploited by Chinese and North Korean groupsNorth Korea deploys EtherRAT implant with Ethereum C2, Linux persistence, and Node.js runtime

US Treasury offers cautious optimism as ransomware payments decline

Crypto December 10, 2025

FinCEN reports ransomware activity dropped in 2024 after ALPHV and LockBit takedowns2023 was peak year with $1.1B in payments; 2024 saw 1,476 incidents and $734M paidCollaps… [+2538 chars]