Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen has been covering the technology sector since the mid-1990s for publications around the world. In addition to techpartner.news, he has written for iTnews since 2010 and also contributes to the New Zealand Herald, the Guardian and Wired's Threat Level section.

He is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Recent articles by Juha Saarinen

Being a script kiddie easier than ever

Being a script kiddie easier than ever

[Blog post] Skills and effort barely required.
Juha Saarinen Oct 10 2014 12:14PM Security
Siemens industrial products Shellshocked

Siemens industrial products Shellshocked

Patches on the way for critical infrastructure comms devices.
Juha Saarinen Oct 10 2014 6:19AM Security
Foiling hackers with a virtual perimeter

Foiling hackers with a virtual perimeter

[Blog post] Security defined perimeters show promise.
Juha Saarinen Oct 8 2014 11:20AM Security
Belkin server outage takes routers offline

Belkin server outage takes routers offline

Aussies affected when hardcoded heartbeat stops.
Juha Saarinen Oct 8 2014 10:36AM Hardware
Romanian hackers try to Shellshock Yahoo servers

Romanian hackers try to Shellshock Yahoo servers

Does not qualify for Bug Bounty awards.
Juha Saarinen Oct 7 2014 6:32AM Security
Internet Explorer to support new HTTP/2 protocol in Win10

Internet Explorer to support new HTTP/2 protocol in Win10

Seeks to speed up the web.
Juha Saarinen Oct 3 2014 8:22AM Software
Anon FBI snitch Sabu attacked Aussie govt sites

Anon FBI snitch Sabu attacked Aussie govt sites

Dept of Finance-managed websites hit.
Juha Saarinen Oct 2 2014 9:27AM Security
Xen bug made AWS, Rackspace data vulnerable to leaking

Xen bug made AWS, Rackspace data vulnerable to leaking

Rackspace chief exec apologises.
Juha Saarinen Oct 2 2014 6:38AM Storage
A tick symbol for tech

A tick symbol for tech

Risk management through regulation.
Juha Saarinen Oct 1 2014 10:06AM Security
Business-focused Windows 10 brings back the Start menu

Business-focused Windows 10 brings back the Start menu

Microsoft skips 9 for the "greatest enterprise platform ever".
Juha Saarinen Oct 1 2014 4:02AM Software
Apple patches OS X against Shellshock flaw

Apple patches OS X against Shellshock flaw

Patches out for Mountain Lion and Lion.
Juha Saarinen Sep 30 2014 9:28AM Security
Further flaws render Shellshock patch ineffective

Further flaws render Shellshock patch ineffective

Patched systems remain vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen Sep 29 2014 10:19AM Security
Rackspace forced to reboot cloud over Xen bug

Rackspace forced to reboot cloud over Xen bug

Sydney servers restart on Wednesday.
Juha Saarinen Sep 29 2014 6:27AM Storage
Apple quick-releases 8.0.2 update for iOS

Apple quick-releases 8.0.2 update for iOS

Follows yesterday's botched patch.
Juha Saarinen Sep 26 2014 10:21AM Telco/ISP
First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

Wopbot on the rampage.
Juha Saarinen Sep 26 2014 7:18AM Security
Amazon forced to reboot EC2 to patch Xen bug

Amazon forced to reboot EC2 to patch Xen bug

Rolling restarts over next week.
Juha Saarinen Sep 25 2014 2:49PM Storage
jQuery.com website suffers second attack in a month

jQuery.com website suffers second attack in a month

Site moved to new server.
Juha Saarinen Sep 25 2014 10:59AM Security
Bash bug could be 'worse than Heartbleed'

Bash bug could be 'worse than Heartbleed'

First patch for Shellshock may not be a complete fix.
Juha Saarinen Sep 25 2014 9:28AM Security
Blackberry launches 'Passport' smartphone

Blackberry launches 'Passport' smartphone

Brings Blend client for iOS, Windows and Android into the mix.
Juha Saarinen Sep 25 2014 6:16AM Hardware
Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 patch that kills calls, TouchID

Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 patch that kills calls, TouchID

Botched upgrade disconnects users worldwide.
Juha Saarinen Sep 25 2014 5:58AM Telco/ISP

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