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

Microsoft's anti-Trickbot ransomware disruption holding up

Microsoft's anti-Trickbot ransomware disruption holding up

Sceptics admit global takedowns working.
Juha Saarinen Oct 21 2020 12:23PM Security
Google patches exploited Chrome zero-day

Google patches exploited Chrome zero-day

Four other high severity bugs fixed.
Juha Saarinen Oct 21 2020 8:00AM Security
Adelaide's 10 Gigabit access network completed

Adelaide's 10 Gigabit access network completed

Connects 1000 buildings across the city.
Juha Saarinen Oct 20 2020 11:27AM Networking
Zoom to preview free end-to-end encryption for meetings

Zoom to preview free end-to-end encryption for meetings

Better security, but some features will be disabled.
Juha Saarinen Oct 15 2020 12:30PM Security
India and Japan join Five-Eyes push to break end-to-end encryption

India and Japan join Five-Eyes push to break end-to-end encryption

Public safety concerns mooted.
Juha Saarinen Oct 12 2020 11:31AM Security
Software AG discloses ransomware attack

Software AG discloses ransomware attack

Systems down and data allegedly taken.
Juha Saarinen Oct 10 2020 10:58AM Security
Shrug bug make messages swell for iPhone Signal users

Shrug bug make messages swell for iPhone Signal users

Unicode-o-rama all over again.
Juha Saarinen Oct 8 2020 11:20AM Security
File format fail behind England's COVID case underreporting

File format fail behind England's COVID case underreporting

Health agency developers used old Excel .XLS files.
Juha Saarinen Oct 6 2020 11:16AM Software
Testing mistake triggered Telstra route 'hijacks'

Testing mistake triggered Telstra route 'hijacks'

Routing mishaps difficult to prevent.
Juha Saarinen Oct 5 2020 7:33AM Networking
DevOps solutions provider CloudBees discloses data breach

DevOps solutions provider CloudBees discloses data breach

Malicious actor accessed failover database for a year.
Juha Saarinen Oct 1 2020 12:49PM Security
Telstra routing flub affects hundreds of networks worldwide

Telstra routing flub affects hundreds of networks worldwide

Accusations of BGP hijacking fly.
Juha Saarinen Sep 30 2020 9:33AM Networking
'ZeroLogon' hackers scan for unpatched servers

'ZeroLogon' hackers scan for unpatched servers

Researcher's honeypot picks up exploitation attempt.
Juha Saarinen Sep 28 2020 6:51AM Security
DOS Subsystem for Linux breaks cover

DOS Subsystem for Linux breaks cover

Penguinistas cop a load of HIMEM.SYS.
Juha Saarinen Sep 23 2020 11:57AM Software
Researchers say not to use myGovID until login flaw is fixed

Researchers say not to use myGovID until login flaw is fixed

ATO declines to change protocol.
Juha Saarinen Sep 21 2020 11:52AM Security
Maze ransomware criminals go virtual to evade detection

Maze ransomware criminals go virtual to evade detection

Close to 2 gigabyte virtual disk image hides payload.
Juha Saarinen Sep 18 2020 8:30AM Security
Researcher finds Tony Abbott's passport number in ticketing engine code

Researcher finds Tony Abbott's passport number in ticketing engine code

Amadeus takes five months to fix info leak.
Juha Saarinen Sep 16 2020 4:27PM Security
Legacy protocols used to bypass Microsoft 365 MFA

Legacy protocols used to bypass Microsoft 365 MFA

Legacy protocols, out of band channel hijacking and real-time phishing.
Juha Saarinen Sep 16 2020 3:34PM Security
'Zerologon' Windows domain admin bypass exploit released

'Zerologon' Windows domain admin bypass exploit released

Vulnerability patched last month far worse than thought.
Juha Saarinen Sep 15 2020 11:49AM Security
Slack patching means easy pickings for Chinese govt hackers

Slack patching means easy pickings for Chinese govt hackers

F5 Big-IP, Citrix, Pulse VPN and Microsoft Exchange servers routinely exploited.
Juha Saarinen Sep 15 2020 10:56AM Security
US adversaries step up hacking campaigns ahead of elections

US adversaries step up hacking campaigns ahead of elections

Users and organisations urged to enable MFA to thwart attacks.
Juha Saarinen Sep 11 2020 12:15PM Security

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