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

Australian Catholic University breach nets staff details

Australian Catholic University breach nets staff details

Unknown number of accounts accessed.
Juha Saarinen Jun 18 2019 6:24AM Security
NBN scam losses sky rocket over last year

NBN scam losses sky rocket over last year

Elderly targeted.
Juha Saarinen Jun 17 2019 10:19AM Security
Two charged over police phone DoS attacks

Two charged over police phone DoS attacks

Callers responding to texts for help were played abusive recording.
Juha Saarinen Jun 17 2019 6:30AM Security
Scores of vulnerable Exim servers on Australian networks

Scores of vulnerable Exim servers on Australian networks

Millions of mail servers under attack worldwide.
Juha Saarinen Jun 14 2019 12:15PM Security
Afterpay hit with anti-money laundering audit by AUSTRAC

Afterpay hit with anti-money laundering audit by AUSTRAC

"Reasonable grounds to suspect"...
Juha Saarinen Jun 13 2019 10:22AM Financial Services
Google decloaks Win-DoS bug before patch is released

Google decloaks Win-DoS bug before patch is released

Flaw "can take down a Windows fleet pretty quickly".
Juha Saarinen Jun 12 2019 9:41AM Security
Patch now against wormable 'BlueKeep' remote desktop flaw: ACSC

Patch now against wormable 'BlueKeep' remote desktop flaw: ACSC

Spectre of another WannaCry-style epidemic raised.
Juha Saarinen Jun 7 2019 6:55AM Security
Apple, Google, Microsoft tell GCHQ to drop 'ghost' spy protocol

Apple, Google, Microsoft tell GCHQ to drop 'ghost' spy protocol

Violates human rights, privacy and creates dangerous cyber risks.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2019 8:10AM Security
Cops say NZ Treasury site wasn't actually hacked after Budget leaked

Cops say NZ Treasury site wasn't actually hacked after Budget leaked

Repeated searches of staging site spilled sensitive budget information.
Juha Saarinen May 30 2019 5:59AM Security
A US$100k reminder as to why SMS 2FA isn't secure

A US$100k reminder as to why SMS 2FA isn't secure

Beware of SIM porting attacks.
Juha Saarinen May 29 2019 12:24PM Security
Gecko hunting on Barrow Is. with AI and image recognition

Gecko hunting on Barrow Is. with AI and image recognition

Image recognition repels invasive species from unique area.
Juha Saarinen May 23 2019 7:20AM Training & Development
Sloppy script sees Salesforce services shut-out

Sloppy script sees Salesforce services shut-out

Access blocked after full permissions for all panic.
Juha Saarinen May 19 2019 8:08PM Software
Microsoft 'tech support' scammers infest Azure hosting

Microsoft 'tech support' scammers infest Azure hosting

Scam sites labelled as dangerous by Google's Chrome browser.
Juha Saarinen May 17 2019 1:15PM Security
Extortionist continues to scan for exposed Git creds

Extortionist continues to scan for exposed Git creds

Github, Gitlab and Atlassian Bitbucket warn users to protect themselves.
Juha Saarinen May 16 2019 12:53PM Security
Cloud owner in court over fraud to obtain IP addresses

Cloud owner in court over fraud to obtain IP addresses

Snagged over 757,000 IPv4 addresses.
Juha Saarinen May 16 2019 9:06AM Networking
Critical wormhole brings patches for Windows XP and Server 2003

Critical wormhole brings patches for Windows XP and Server 2003

Patch Wednesday plugs critical vulnerabilities a-plenty.
Juha Saarinen May 15 2019 1:15PM Security
Cisco patches IOS XE remote command injection flaw

Cisco patches IOS XE remote command injection flaw

But a Secure Boot vulnerability is harder to fix.
Juha Saarinen May 14 2019 2:35PM Security
WhatsApp flaw allowed spyware injection via calls

WhatsApp flaw allowed spyware injection via calls

Pegasus comes calling whether you answer or not.
Juha Saarinen May 14 2019 1:40PM Security
Vodafone NZ sold to Infratil and Brookfield

Vodafone NZ sold to Infratil and Brookfield

Consortium splurges A$3.2 billion on Vodafone's Kiwi arm.
Juha Saarinen May 14 2019 11:45AM Telco/ISP
Crypto exchange Binance raided, 7000 Bitcoin lost

Crypto exchange Binance raided, 7000 Bitcoin lost

Hackers snagged API keys and 2FA codes.
Juha Saarinen May 8 2019 10:26AM Security

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