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

"Widespread data theft" hits Salesforce customers via third party

"Widespread data theft" hits Salesforce customers via third party

Speculation that breach may be connected to "ShinyHunters" hackers.
Juha Saarinen Aug 27 2025 5:09PM Security
ESET spots "PromptLock" AI-powered ransomware

ESET spots "PromptLock" AI-powered ransomware

Accesses GPT-OSS:20b via API.
Juha Saarinen Aug 27 2025 11:58AM Security
AI summarisers open to 'ClickFix' social engineering attacks

AI summarisers open to 'ClickFix' social engineering attacks

Abuses user trust in ubiquitous tools.
Juha Saarinen Aug 26 2025 1:25PM Security
Attackers weaponise Linux file names as malware vectors

Attackers weaponise Linux file names as malware vectors

Novel threat that's hard to detect.
Juha Saarinen Aug 26 2025 6:15AM Security
Microsoft plans full quantum-resistant cryptography transition by 2033

Microsoft plans full quantum-resistant cryptography transition by 2033

Two years ahead of US government deadlines.
Juha Saarinen Aug 22 2025 1:25PM Security
AI browsers fall for scams and phishing, security researchers say

AI browsers fall for scams and phishing, security researchers say

Testing points to security and privacy holes in AI browsers.
Juha Saarinen Aug 22 2025 6:03AM Security
Travel eSIMs secretly route traffic over Chinese and undisclosed networks: study

Travel eSIMs secretly route traffic over Chinese and undisclosed networks: study

Convenient tech brings big bundle of security and privacy risks.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2025 9:01AM Telco/ISP
Google faces $55m fine over Telstra, Optus search deals

Google faces $55m fine over Telstra, Optus search deals

Requires court approval.
Juha Saarinen Aug 18 2025 2:17PM Telco/ISP
Monash Uni selects technology suppliers for supercomputer

Monash Uni selects technology suppliers for supercomputer

To build first of its kind machine in Australia.
Juha Saarinen Aug 18 2025 11:03AM Hardware
"BitUnlocker" full-volume encryption bypass found by Microsoft researchers

"BitUnlocker" full-volume encryption bypass found by Microsoft researchers

Four flaws fixed in July's Patch Wednesday.
Juha Saarinen Aug 14 2025 6:39PM Security
Microsoft fixes "BadSuccessor" zero-day authentication bug

Microsoft fixes "BadSuccessor" zero-day authentication bug

Patch Wednesday lands with 13 fixes for vulnerabilities rated critical.
Juha Saarinen Aug 13 2025 3:15PM Security
Researchers poke further holes in TETRA encrypted wireless comms

Researchers poke further holes in TETRA encrypted wireless comms

Four critical vulnerabilities found.
Juha Saarinen Aug 12 2025 1:29PM Security
"Shade BIOS" stealth malware hides below operating system

"Shade BIOS" stealth malware hides below operating system

Creates parallel "attacker-exclusive OS".
Juha Saarinen Aug 12 2025 1:28PM Security
Serious path traversal bug found in Microsoft's NLWeb "Agentic Web" tool

Serious path traversal bug found in Microsoft's NLWeb "Agentic Web" tool

Vulnerability allowed reading of system files and theft of AI LLM API keys.
Juha Saarinen Aug 12 2025 6:48AM Security
Microsoft raises Zero Day Quest bug bounties to US$5 million

Microsoft raises Zero Day Quest bug bounties to US$5 million

Vulnerability finding program targets company's enterprise offerings.
Juha Saarinen Aug 9 2025 9:31AM Security
Confusion reigns as phishers abuse Exchange Online Direct Send

Confusion reigns as phishers abuse Exchange Online Direct Send

Legitimate feature needs to be secured, but admins aren't sure how to do it.
Juha Saarinen Aug 7 2025 12:55PM Security
"ReVault" firmware flaws allow persistent access in Dell laptops

"ReVault" firmware flaws allow persistent access in Dell laptops

Over 100 currently supported models at risk.
Juha Saarinen Aug 6 2025 1:52PM Security
Cloudflare and Perplexity slug it out over alleged AI bot block evasion

Cloudflare and Perplexity slug it out over alleged AI bot block evasion

Block-busting bot or legitimate AI traffic?
Juha Saarinen Aug 5 2025 3:41PM Security
AI coding threatens to make common security flaw more prevalent

AI coding threatens to make common security flaw more prevalent

IDORs and broken access controls at scale.
Juha Saarinen Aug 5 2025 12:55PM Security
Google publishes 20 new vulnerabilities found by its Big Sleep AI

Google publishes 20 new vulnerabilities found by its Big Sleep AI

After large-scale run of the agent.
Juha Saarinen Aug 5 2025 12:06PM Security

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