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

Ancient update driver endangers hundreds of millions of Dell computers

Ancient update driver endangers hundreds of millions of Dell computers

Allows kernel mode privilege escalation.
Juha Saarinen May 6 2021 10:26AM Security
Second deep space antenna to be built in WA

Second deep space antenna to be built in WA

Million dollar joint European and Australian space agencies project.
Juha Saarinen May 3 2021 12:26PM Strategy
New micro-op cache attacks break all Spectre defences

New micro-op cache attacks break all Spectre defences

Billions of computers vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen May 2 2021 6:03AM Hardware
Privacy-busting contact tracing data logged on Android

Privacy-busting contact tracing data logged on Android

Google will not acknowledge or fix faulty EN implementation.
Juha Saarinen Apr 28 2021 10:47AM Security
Pentagon surfaces giant netblock for recon and anti IP squatting

Pentagon surfaces giant netblock for recon and anti IP squatting

Largest IPv4 autonomous system in internet history.
Juha Saarinen Apr 26 2021 11:18AM Networking
More SolarWinds command and control hacking servers found

More SolarWinds command and control hacking servers found

Newly discovered patterns reveal larger infrastructure footprint.
Juha Saarinen Apr 23 2021 12:30PM Security
Signal developers hack Cellebrite forensics device

Signal developers hack Cellebrite forensics device

Numerous vulnerabilities allow code execution.
Juha Saarinen Apr 22 2021 11:00AM Security
Hacked Codecov uploading script leaked creds for two months

Hacked Codecov uploading script leaked creds for two months

Scores of projects potentially affected by supply chain attack.
Juha Saarinen Apr 20 2021 12:14PM Security
Carbanak hacking group sysadmin sentenced to 10 years in prison

Carbanak hacking group sysadmin sentenced to 10 years in prison

Other alleged members await trial or sentencing.
Juha Saarinen Apr 17 2021 9:34AM Security
Google misled Android users about location data collection

Google misled Android users about location data collection

Loses Federal Court case.
Juha Saarinen Apr 16 2021 1:00PM Security
Govt allocates $64m over 10 years for Pawsey supercomputing

Govt allocates $64m over 10 years for Pawsey supercomputing

Part of larger $387 package for Square Kilometre Array telescope.
Juha Saarinen Apr 15 2021 10:36AM Hardware
New Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities require urgent patching: ACSC

New Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities require urgent patching: ACSC

March patches no good to stop persistent access to systems.
Juha Saarinen Apr 14 2021 6:45PM Security
Vocus emerges as earth station builder for Starlink

Vocus emerges as earth station builder for Starlink

Dish domes among free range eggs in Puwera.
Juha Saarinen Apr 9 2021 7:00AM Telco/ISP
Code defect behind Easter outage for Azure

Code defect behind Easter outage for Azure

Recovery time from overloading exceeded service goals.
Juha Saarinen Apr 6 2021 6:59AM Cloud
PHP suffers supply-chain attack

PHP suffers supply-chain attack

Code repository shifted to Github after backdoor commits.
Juha Saarinen Mar 30 2021 11:27AM Security
Apple patches exploited iOS, iPadOS zero-day

Apple patches exploited iOS, iPadOS zero-day

watchOS also affected and requires update.
Juha Saarinen Mar 28 2021 7:42PM Security
Calls grow to exile Stallman from Free Software movement

Calls grow to exile Stallman from Free Software movement

Open letter published, FSF Europe disapproves of appointment.
Juha Saarinen Mar 25 2021 11:38AM Software
Slack backtracks on abusable Connect feature

Slack backtracks on abusable Connect feature

Users up in arms over DMs-to-all.
Juha Saarinen Mar 25 2021 9:13AM Security
Scammers abuse app store subscriptions to rake in millions

Scammers abuse app store subscriptions to rake in millions

Watch out for costly 'fleeceware'.
Juha Saarinen Mar 25 2021 7:36AM Security
Wrongly removed key caused Azure Active Directory outage

Wrongly removed key caused Azure Active Directory outage

Spontaneous user file deletions follow outage.
Juha Saarinen Mar 19 2021 12:15PM Software

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