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

Millions of devices vulnerable to BLURtooth info leak bug

Millions of devices vulnerable to BLURtooth info leak bug

Industry Bluetooth Special Interest Group suggests mitigations.
Juha Saarinen Sep 11 2020 11:46AM Security
Palo Alto Networks warns of critical remote code execution bug

Palo Alto Networks warns of critical remote code execution bug

Patch or be pwned.
Juha Saarinen Sep 11 2020 10:24AM Security
Patch Wednesday fixes 'worst-case scenario' Exchange bug

Patch Wednesday fixes 'worst-case scenario' Exchange bug

Another large set of security updates this month.
Juha Saarinen Sep 9 2020 11:13AM Security
BitConnect spruiker banned by ASIC

BitConnect spruiker banned by ASIC

Seven year don't do that applied to John Biggaton.
Juha Saarinen Sep 4 2020 6:40AM Financial Services
SonicWall left users exposed to vulnerable API for 14 days

SonicWall left users exposed to vulnerable API for 14 days

LinkedIn poke at chief executive accelerated fix.
Juha Saarinen Sep 3 2020 2:45PM Security
September ushers in halved TLS cert lifespans

September ushers in halved TLS cert lifespans

Browser vendors decided 13 months is long enough.
Juha Saarinen Aug 31 2020 11:45AM Security
Over 54,000 scanned NSW driver's licences found in open cloud storage

Over 54,000 scanned NSW driver's licences found in open cloud storage

TfNSW investigates mystery data leak on AWS S3.
Juha Saarinen Aug 28 2020 12:56PM Security
Orica completes co-lo clear-out in shift to AWS

Orica completes co-lo clear-out in shift to AWS

Completed in less than 15 months.
Juha Saarinen Aug 26 2020 12:12PM Cloud
ASIC sues financial services company for repeated hacks

ASIC sues financial services company for repeated hacks

Hacker spent 155 hours logged in without detection.
Juha Saarinen Aug 21 2020 10:53AM Security
Uber's former CSO charged over hush money to hackers

Uber's former CSO charged over hush money to hackers

Cover up of massive 2016 data breach alleged.
Juha Saarinen Aug 21 2020 6:47AM Security
Optus opts for crowd-sourced mapping of service problems

Optus opts for crowd-sourced mapping of service problems

Accepts problem reports from anywhere in the world.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2020 4:10PM Telco/ISP
Semiconductor giant SK Hynix silent on ransomware attack

Semiconductor giant SK Hynix silent on ransomware attack

Supplies memory modules to Apple and PC makers.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2020 11:57AM Security
Internet Explorer 11's death march starts now

Internet Explorer 11's death march starts now

"Degraded experience" to begin in November.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2020 10:42AM Security
Researchers find AWS creds stealing worm

Researchers find AWS creds stealing worm

Copy-and-paste malware attacks Docker and Kubernetes systems.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2020 10:05AM Security
Cruise operator Carnival hit by ransomware

Cruise operator Carnival hit by ransomware

Guest and employee personal data taken.
Juha Saarinen Aug 18 2020 12:28PM Security
Windows Defender update takes out Citrix

Windows Defender update takes out Citrix

Definition 1.321.1319.0 quarantines Broker Service.
Juha Saarinen Aug 14 2020 6:57AM Security
Two exploited zero-days fixed in Patch Wednesday

Two exploited zero-days fixed in Patch Wednesday

120 bugs squashed in total.
Juha Saarinen Aug 12 2020 12:42PM Security
Trump seeks to clear out China from networks worldwide

Trump seeks to clear out China from networks worldwide

'Clean Networks' targets include Huawei, ZTE, Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.
Juha Saarinen Aug 6 2020 11:25AM Hardware
US offers bounties on election-interfering nation state hackers

US offers bounties on election-interfering nation state hackers

Rewards of up to US$10 million on the table.
Juha Saarinen Aug 6 2020 9:01AM Security
Netwalker ransomware raiders rake in the money

Netwalker ransomware raiders rake in the money

Businesses paying up.
Juha Saarinen Aug 5 2020 11:50AM Security

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