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

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
Threat actor went through 11 zero-days in a year

Threat actor went through 11 zero-days in a year

Google Project Zero finds more vulnerabilities.
Juha Saarinen Mar 19 2021 6:55AM Security
Oracle Java 16 is done

Oracle Java 16 is done

Lack of long term support designation limits developer appeal.
Juha Saarinen Mar 17 2021 6:41AM Software
Microsoft tool provides automated Exchange threat mitigation

Microsoft tool provides automated Exchange threat mitigation

Halts first part of exploit chain.
Juha Saarinen Mar 16 2021 12:27PM Security
New critical vulnerabilities found in F5 devices

New critical vulnerabilities found in F5 devices

Can be used to remotely commandeer BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems.
Juha Saarinen Mar 11 2021 8:33AM Security
Telco First cops another fine for spamming

Telco First cops another fine for spamming

Marketer pays $79,800 for more than 65,000 illegal texts.
Juha Saarinen Mar 10 2021 6:42AM Telco/ISP
Telstra to wholesale eSIM activations to MVNOs

Telstra to wholesale eSIM activations to MVNOs

No 5G access yet.
Juha Saarinen Mar 4 2021 5:06PM Telco/ISP
Urgent patches out for exploited Exchange Server zero-days

Urgent patches out for exploited Exchange Server zero-days

Attacks attributed to Chinese state-sponsored group.
Juha Saarinen Mar 3 2021 9:24AM Security
Critical remote code execution bug found in VMware vCenter

Critical remote code execution bug found in VMware vCenter

Patches available for no-authentication vulnerability with proof-of-concept.
Juha Saarinen Feb 25 2021 11:27AM Security
Twitter reveals purges of state-sponsored threat actors

Twitter reveals purges of state-sponsored threat actors

Russians the latest to be removed.
Juha Saarinen Feb 24 2021 6:37AM Security
SonicWall issues revised SMA 100 firmware

SonicWall issues revised SMA 100 firmware

Apply immediately to handle exploited vulnerability.
Juha Saarinen Feb 22 2021 11:40AM Security
Microsoft readies new standalone licence Office versions

Microsoft readies new standalone licence Office versions

Specialty product for specific scenarios.
Juha Saarinen Feb 19 2021 10:38AM Software
Facebook pulls news content for Australia

Facebook pulls news content for Australia

Will restrict sharing and viewing of Aussie and international news.
Juha Saarinen Feb 18 2021 6:47AM Strategy
Microsoft second-phase "Zerologon" patch kicks in this week

Microsoft second-phase "Zerologon" patch kicks in this week

Insecure third-party devices could be cut off from Active Directory.
Juha Saarinen Feb 12 2021 6:34AM Security
Patch Windows to avoid denial of service attacks: Microsoft

Patch Windows to avoid denial of service attacks: Microsoft

Flaws in TCP/IP stack expected to be exploited.
Juha Saarinen Feb 10 2021 6:53AM Security
Starlink AU-NZ service to launch mid-to-late 2021

Starlink AU-NZ service to launch mid-to-late 2021

Pricing revealed.
Juha Saarinen Feb 9 2021 10:42AM Networking
Hacker tries to poison US city's drinking water supply

Hacker tries to poison US city's drinking water supply

Increased levels of lye for alkalinity regulation to dangerous levels.
Juha Saarinen Feb 9 2021 9:45AM Security
Bug in popular wi-fi module allows remote takeover

Bug in popular wi-fi module allows remote takeover

Realtek issues patches.
Juha Saarinen Feb 4 2021 12:17PM Networking

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