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

US cryptocurrency coder faces years in jail for helping North Korea

US cryptocurrency coder faces years in jail for helping North Korea

Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to breaching sanctions.
Juha Saarinen Sep 28 2021 9:30AM Security
SolarWinds attackers drop 'FoggyWeb' backdoor on AD SSO servers

SolarWinds attackers drop 'FoggyWeb' backdoor on AD SSO servers

Malware can exfiltrate sensitive data for Windows domains.
Juha Saarinen Sep 28 2021 6:58AM Security
Exchange auto-config protocol leaks Windows logins en masse

Exchange auto-config protocol leaks Windows logins en masse

Firewall off Autodiscover domains to mitigate.
Juha Saarinen Sep 23 2021 4:00PM Security
Auckland to get $7.25 billion AWS region

Auckland to get $7.25 billion AWS region

Three availability zones to open in 2024.
Juha Saarinen Sep 23 2021 12:10PM Cloud
US Feds sat on REvil decryption key for three weeks: report

US Feds sat on REvil decryption key for three weeks: report

Wanted to use it to disrupt ransomware raiders.
Juha Saarinen Sep 22 2021 10:30AM Security
Euro police break up large online fraud gang

Euro police break up large online fraud gang

Over 100 arrests made.
Juha Saarinen Sep 21 2021 7:29PM Security
Microsoft readies passwordless logins

Microsoft readies passwordless logins

To be expanded to Azure Active Directory as well.
Juha Saarinen Sep 16 2021 11:51AM Security
Azure drops vulnerable bots in customer environments by default

Azure drops vulnerable bots in customer environments by default

Patch now to avoid OMIGOD vulnerabilities being exploited.
Juha Saarinen Sep 15 2021 11:45AM Security
New ActiveX Windows zero-day exploited: Microsoft alert

New ActiveX Windows zero-day exploited: Microsoft alert

Take care opening Office docs until patch arrives next week.
Juha Saarinen Sep 8 2021 6:28AM Security
Protonmail logged user's IP address after Swiss court order

Protonmail logged user's IP address after Swiss court order

End-to-end-encrypted provider clarifies obligations in criminal investigations.
Juha Saarinen Sep 7 2021 12:58PM Security
Conti ransomware raiders exploit 'ProxyShell' Exchange bugs

Conti ransomware raiders exploit 'ProxyShell' Exchange bugs

Gaining access to networks in less than a minute.
Juha Saarinen Sep 6 2021 6:41AM Security
ACSC alerts on critical Atlassian Confluence bug

ACSC alerts on critical Atlassian Confluence bug

Threat actors scan the Internet for vulnerable instances.
Juha Saarinen Sep 2 2021 11:21AM Security
'ProxyToken' bug allowed attackers to reconfigure Exchange mailboxes

'ProxyToken' bug allowed attackers to reconfigure Exchange mailboxes

Unauthenticated requests "can sail through."
Juha Saarinen Aug 31 2021 12:59PM Security
Apple iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have "no sound" problem

Apple iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have "no sound" problem

Free repair offered for affected devices.
Juha Saarinen Aug 30 2021 6:53AM Hardware
Azure Cosmos DB remote takeover bug affects thousands of organisations

Azure Cosmos DB remote takeover bug affects thousands of organisations

Admins asked to act now to plug ChaosDB critical vulnerability.
Juha Saarinen Aug 27 2021 12:11PM Security
Popular dating app Bumble leaked users' exact location

Popular dating app Bumble leaked users' exact location

Fix deployed within 72 hours of report.
Juha Saarinen Aug 26 2021 10:13AM Security
Microsoft Exchange servers under 'ProxyShell' attack

Microsoft Exchange servers under 'ProxyShell' attack

Over 100 on-premises instances compromised.
Juha Saarinen Aug 23 2021 6:42AM Security
Researchers patch Microsoft's 'Petitpotam' vulnerability patch

Researchers patch Microsoft's 'Petitpotam' vulnerability patch

August fix did not cover all vectors.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2021 1:34PM Security
Date set for second-level .au domain names launch

Date set for second-level .au domain names launch

Australia catches up with the world.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2021 4:14PM Networking
After US FDA alert, BlackBerry admits QNX also affected by critical 'BadAlloc' bug

After US FDA alert, BlackBerry admits QNX also affected by critical 'BadAlloc' bug

Millions of medical, industrial, enterprise and automotive control systems affected.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2021 12:41PM Security

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