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

New Zealand to get 10 Gbps fibre to premises in 2020

New Zealand to get 10 Gbps fibre to premises in 2020

Chorus upgrades lasers.
Juha Saarinen Nov 18 2019 1:41PM Telco/ISP
Microsoft’s killing Cortana on iOS and Android

Microsoft’s killing Cortana on iOS and Android

Will go away in January 2020 for Australia.
Juha Saarinen Nov 18 2019 6:44AM Software
Internet Society sells .org to private equity firm

Internet Society sells .org to private equity firm

No price hikes promised.
Juha Saarinen Nov 17 2019 1:46PM Financial Services
Intel issues fixes for critical flaws in drivers and firmware

Intel issues fixes for critical flaws in drivers and firmware

God mode driver could afford attacker near-omnipotent control.
Juha Saarinen Nov 13 2019 10:20AM Hardware
Move over Microsoft: PayPal's the new phishers' phave

Move over Microsoft: PayPal's the new phishers' phave

Financial services most targeted sector for email compromise attacks.
Juha Saarinen Nov 8 2019 9:14AM Security
Ex-Twitter staffers charged with spying for Saudi Arabia

Ex-Twitter staffers charged with spying for Saudi Arabia

Accessed personal information in over 6000 accounts.
Juha Saarinen Nov 7 2019 12:52PM Security
Trend Micro employee sold user data to tech support scammers

Trend Micro employee sold user data to tech support scammers

Security company suffers another embarrassing security lapse.
Juha Saarinen Nov 7 2019 12:40PM Security
Eleven telcos in ACMA's sights for breaching consumer protection rules

Eleven telcos in ACMA's sights for breaching consumer protection rules

M2 Commander formally warned for slamming.
Juha Saarinen Nov 6 2019 6:55AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft reboots Azure hybrid cloud with Arc

Microsoft reboots Azure hybrid cloud with Arc

Extends Azure to embrace on-prem, edge and multi-cloud management.
Juha Saarinen Nov 5 2019 6:45AM Cloud
Researchers spot BlueKeep worm hitting honeypots

Researchers spot BlueKeep worm hitting honeypots

Yet to hit Australia.
Juha Saarinen Nov 4 2019 7:08AM Security
North Korean Hidden Cobra hackers drop Hoplight Trojan

North Korean Hidden Cobra hackers drop Hoplight Trojan

Pyongyang malware spreaders behind WannaCry strike again.
Juha Saarinen Nov 1 2019 12:08PM Security
Twitter dumps paid political advertising

Twitter dumps paid political advertising

@jack takes opposite stance to Zuck.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2019 11:35AM Security
Facebook pulls large Russian disinformation campaigns aimed at Africa

Facebook pulls large Russian disinformation campaigns aimed at Africa

Connected to IRA's Prigozhin.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2019 6:32AM Security
Russian "Fancy Bear" hackers prowl sports anti-doping agencies

Russian "Fancy Bear" hackers prowl sports anti-doping agencies

Warming up for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Juha Saarinen Oct 29 2019 11:01AM Security
Intel reboots Atom microarchitecture with Tremont design

Intel reboots Atom microarchitecture with Tremont design

Performance boost features highly.
Juha Saarinen Oct 25 2019 11:13AM Hardware
Internet Society and Oracle release free route filtering checking tool

Internet Society and Oracle release free route filtering checking tool

IXP Filter Check defends against rooted routing.
Juha Saarinen Oct 24 2019 1:00PM Networking
Microsoft boosts bug bounties for sign-on services

Microsoft boosts bug bounties for sign-on services

Faster, simpler, higher awards.
Juha Saarinen Oct 24 2019 6:50AM Security
Eager iOS jailbreakers tricked into click fraud

Eager iOS jailbreakers tricked into click fraud

Checkrain fake jailbreak site borrows pics of real researchers.
Juha Saarinen Oct 18 2019 6:45AM Security
The October Oracle patch collection is out

The October Oracle patch collection is out

Banking platform plugged in fixes for bugs old and new.
Juha Saarinen Oct 16 2019 10:00PM Security
Pitney Bowes under ransomware attack

Pitney Bowes under ransomware attack

Customer access to services disrupted.
Juha Saarinen Oct 15 2019 12:48PM Security

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