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

Critical bugs found in Cisco SD-WAN software

Critical bugs found in Cisco SD-WAN software

Remote code execution with root privileges possible.
Juha Saarinen Jan 22 2021 9:50AM Networking
Microsoft details "incredible effort" to hide by SolarWinds hackers

Microsoft details "incredible effort" to hide by SolarWinds hackers

Standout opsec and anti-forensic methods applied.
Juha Saarinen Jan 21 2021 11:26AM Security
New Raindrop malware used in SolarWinds hack found

New Raindrop malware used in SolarWinds hack found

Delivers Cobalt Strike.
Juha Saarinen Jan 20 2021 12:00PM Security
Security vendor Malwarebytes hacked through Office 365 and Azure access

Security vendor Malwarebytes hacked through Office 365 and Azure access

Nation state actor behind SolarWinds breach implicated.
Juha Saarinen Jan 20 2021 6:59AM Security
Reserve Bank of NZ governor apologises for 'serious' data breach

Reserve Bank of NZ governor apologises for 'serious' data breach

Orr personally owns the issue.
Juha Saarinen Jan 15 2021 2:45PM Financial Services
Google unravels state-of-art Android and Windows exploit chains

Google unravels state-of-art Android and Windows exploit chains

Highly sophisticated attackers used four zero-days.
Juha Saarinen Jan 13 2021 11:10AM Security
Researchers detail SolarWinds code injection attack

Researchers detail SolarWinds code injection attack

Hack timeline starts in September 2019.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2021 1:30PM Security
Accellion hack behind Reserve Bank of NZ data breach

Accellion hack behind Reserve Bank of NZ data breach

File transfer application illegally accessed.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2021 6:39AM Security
Ransomware gang Ryuk thought to have pulled in US$150 million

Ransomware gang Ryuk thought to have pulled in US$150 million

Digital wallets bursting with ransom payments.
Juha Saarinen Jan 11 2021 9:45AM Security
Update Chrome or risk remote takeover, US govt warns

Update Chrome or risk remote takeover, US govt warns

New version contains 16 security fixes.
Juha Saarinen Jan 8 2021 9:57AM Security
JetBrains denies involvement in SolarWinds hack

JetBrains denies involvement in SolarWinds hack

Chief executive speculates misconfigured TeamCity could have been exploited.
Juha Saarinen Jan 7 2021 3:00PM Security
RAT scammers pose as the Australian Cyber Security Centre

RAT scammers pose as the Australian Cyber Security Centre

Phone calls and emails targeting Australians.
Juha Saarinen Jan 6 2021 6:50AM Security
Apple loses court case against security vendor Corellium

Apple loses court case against security vendor Corellium

Court rules iOS virtualisation covered by fair use statute.
Juha Saarinen Dec 30 2020 8:26AM Security
US govt seeks to make cryptocurrency transactions traceable

US govt seeks to make cryptocurrency transactions traceable

Mandatory record keeping and reporting mooted.
Juha Saarinen Dec 23 2020 12:27PM Financial Services
FireEye, GoDaddy and Microsoft flick SolarWinds SUNBURST 'killswitch'

FireEye, GoDaddy and Microsoft flick SolarWinds SUNBURST 'killswitch'

Actor likely to remain in infected networks, however.
Juha Saarinen Dec 17 2020 12:25PM Security
New subsea cable system planned between New Zealand and Australia

New subsea cable system planned between New Zealand and Australia

Part of US$500 million South Island hyperscale data centre build.
Juha Saarinen Dec 15 2020 12:18PM Cloud
Gideon Gartner passes away

Gideon Gartner passes away

Founder of worldwide IT analyst and advisory group.
Juha Saarinen Dec 15 2020 7:00AM Training & Development
Remotely exploitable Microsoft Teams bugs required no interaction

Remotely exploitable Microsoft Teams bugs required no interaction

Researcher says severity of bugs downplayed.
Juha Saarinen Dec 9 2020 6:51AM Security
IMF says cyber attacks threaten financial stability

IMF says cyber attacks threaten financial stability

With developing economies worst hit.
Juha Saarinen Dec 8 2020 3:21PM Security
Australia a "likely" customer of global mobile phone surveillance company

Australia a "likely" customer of global mobile phone surveillance company

Affiliated with spyware vendor NSO Group.
Juha Saarinen Dec 2 2020 10:09AM Security

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