Recent articles by Juha Saarinen

Researchers build self-replicating AI worm with BYO LLM

Researchers build self-replicating AI worm with BYO LLM

Malware is able to adapt attacks on the fly.
Juha Saarinen Jun 4 2026 11:14AM Security
Anthropic opens Claude Mythos Preview AI program to Australia

Anthropic opens Claude Mythos Preview AI program to Australia

Organisations can mention their participation in Project Glasswing.
Juha Saarinen Jun 3 2026 5:05PM Security
'Miasma' worm infests Red Hat npm packages

'Miasma' worm infests Red Hat npm packages

Trusted publishing defence mechanism side-stepped with compromised token.
Juha Saarinen Jun 2 2026 1:23PM Security
Microsoft backs down on legal threats against 0day disclosing researchers

Microsoft backs down on legal threats against 0day disclosing researchers

After security community backlash.
Juha Saarinen Jun 2 2026 6:54AM Security
Gov urges agencies to fix security basics before buying into frontier AI

Gov urges agencies to fix security basics before buying into frontier AI

Lock down fundamentals ahead of expected "vulnerability storm".
Juha Saarinen May 28 2026 4:39PM Security
CrowdStrike, Google slay 'unkillable' Glassworm botnet targeting devs

CrowdStrike, Google slay 'unkillable' Glassworm botnet targeting devs

Simultaneous strike severed operators from infected machines.
Juha Saarinen May 27 2026 12:56PM Security
Microsoft trials automatic device isolation from network in Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft trials automatic device isolation from network in Defender for Endpoint

Adds scheduled anti-malware scans for Linux.
Juha Saarinen May 27 2026 12:52PM Security
Another serious Linux local privesc bug surfaces

Another serious Linux local privesc bug surfaces

Qualys finds vulnerability introduced in 2016.
Juha Saarinen May 25 2026 6:15AM Security
Mini Shai-Hulud worm injects disk wiper into Microsoft Azure PyPI package

Mini Shai-Hulud worm injects disk wiper into Microsoft Azure PyPI package

Dropper fetches destructive code and extensive credentials stealer.
Juha Saarinen May 21 2026 6:00AM Security
GitHub compromised, allegedly by TeamPCP

GitHub compromised, allegedly by TeamPCP

Around 3800 internal repositories exfiltrated.
Juha Saarinen May 21 2026 5:50AM Security
AustralianSuper hires its first head of AI and automation

AustralianSuper hires its first head of AI and automation

Brings in a current vendor CTO.
Juha Saarinen May 20 2026 12:31PM Leadership
Grafana refuses ransom demand after GitHub breach

Grafana refuses ransom demand after GitHub breach

Threat actor downloaded codebase.
Juha Saarinen May 19 2026 1:26PM Security
Victorian bulk porting scammer gets over two years in prison

Victorian bulk porting scammer gets over two years in prison

Successfully ported 44 numbers without the owners' consent.
Juha Saarinen May 19 2026 6:13AM Security
NSW cyber cops bust alleged bullion-buying BEC bandits

NSW cyber cops bust alleged bullion-buying BEC bandits

Tip from NAB identified suspect funds to buy gold.
Juha Saarinen May 15 2026 4:56PM Security
F5 patches 18-year-old AI-found 'Rift' vulnerability in NGINX web server

F5 patches 18-year-old AI-found 'Rift' vulnerability in NGINX web server

Heap buffer overflow in rewrite module.
Juha Saarinen May 15 2026 6:29AM Security
USB stick opens Windows BitLocker drives in new zero-day

USB stick opens Windows BitLocker drives in new zero-day

Disgruntled researcher publishes YellowKey proof-of-concept.
Juha Saarinen May 14 2026 9:47AM Security
Microsoft's MDASH AI vulnerability scanner finds four critical Windows RCEs

Microsoft's MDASH AI vulnerability scanner finds four critical Windows RCEs

Tops CyberGym public benchmark.
Juha Saarinen May 13 2026 1:05PM Security
Trend Micro's enterprise unit shuts Sydney engineering team

Trend Micro's enterprise unit shuts Sydney engineering team

Exclusive: R&D moved to Asia.
Juha Saarinen May 12 2026 2:40PM Security
Parallel bug discovery triggers premature Linux LPE disclosure

Parallel bug discovery triggers premature Linux LPE disclosure

Full set of patches still to arrive for Dirty Frag privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
Juha Saarinen May 11 2026 6:25AM Security
'ClickFix' attack tricks users into hacking themselves, ACSC warns

'ClickFix' attack tricks users into hacking themselves, ACSC warns

"Verify that you are human" prompt used to deliver Vidar Stealer malware.
Juha Saarinen May 8 2026 4:50PM Security

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