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

Microsoft open-sources command lines to lure devs

Microsoft open-sources command lines to lure devs

Windows Subsystem for Linux rebooted.
Juha Saarinen May 7 2019 6:59AM Software
Unsecure git repo clones behind data-wiping ransom attacks

Unsecure git repo clones behind data-wiping ransom attacks

Users asked to secure their repos.
Juha Saarinen May 6 2019 6:42AM Security
Wipro hackers targeted gift card and rewards programs

Wipro hackers targeted gift card and rewards programs

Threat actors active for years.
Juha Saarinen May 2 2019 1:22PM Security
Puma pulls down malware-infested Australian webstore

Puma pulls down malware-infested Australian webstore

Stays mum on hack.
Juha Saarinen May 1 2019 12:08PM Security
Tightened vulnerability remediation deadlines for US govt agencies

Tightened vulnerability remediation deadlines for US govt agencies

Critical vulnerabilities must be fixed within 15 days after detection.
Juha Saarinen May 1 2019 10:56AM Security
Info-stealing malware pounces on Puma Australia's webstore

Info-stealing malware pounces on Puma Australia's webstore

Skims sneaker order and credit card details and sends them to Ukrainian server.
Juha Saarinen Apr 30 2019 9:46AM Security
Apple boots MDM-abusing parental control apps

Apple boots MDM-abusing parental control apps

Ends "risky and clear violation of App Store policies".
Juha Saarinen Apr 29 2019 3:58PM Security
Atlassian Confluence under botnet attack

Atlassian Confluence under botnet attack

Upgrade to avoid AESDDoS malware infestations.
Juha Saarinen Apr 28 2019 8:56AM Security
Apple and Qualcomm end legal fight over chipset licensing

Apple and Qualcomm end legal fight over chipset licensing

No more Intel modems inside iPhones?
Juha Saarinen , Staff Writers Apr 17 2019 5:17AM Hardware
Wipro hacked, internal systems used to attack customers: report

Wipro hacked, internal systems used to attack customers: report

Months-long intrusion.
Juha Saarinen Apr 16 2019 10:44AM Security
Ransomware-raided Aussie businesses pay up

Ransomware-raided Aussie businesses pay up

Majority get their data back.
Juha Saarinen Apr 16 2019 6:06AM Security
New wi-fi security standard broken already

New wi-fi security standard broken already

WPA3 Dragonfly implementations not done properly.
Juha Saarinen Apr 11 2019 12:43PM Security
First Australia - Hong Kong data cable to be built

First Australia - Hong Kong data cable to be built

Onwards connections to China and the United States.
Juha Saarinen Apr 10 2019 10:55PM Telco/ISP
Google hybrid cloud out of beta, renamed Anthos

Google hybrid cloud out of beta, renamed Anthos

Can manage workloads running on "third-party clouds like AWS and Azure".
Juha Saarinen Apr 10 2019 6:59AM Cloud
Assange to be ejected from Ecuadorean embassy

Assange to be ejected from Ecuadorean embassy

Out within "hours to days".
Juha Saarinen Apr 5 2019 12:10PM Security
Giant trove of Facebook user data was in open AWS S3 bucket

Giant trove of Facebook user data was in open AWS S3 bucket

In plain sight say cyber security researchers.
Juha Saarinen , Staff Writers Apr 4 2019 11:30AM Cloud
Millions of customers' data accessed in second Toyota hack

Millions of customers' data accessed in second Toyota hack

Tokyo sales subsidiaries raided.
Juha Saarinen Apr 1 2019 7:20AM Security
Christchurch terrorist's banned rant booby trapped with disk wiper

Christchurch terrorist's banned rant booby trapped with disk wiper

Overwrites disk master boot records.
Juha Saarinen Apr 1 2019 12:50AM Security
Microsoft seizes Iranian hackers' spear-phishing domains

Microsoft seizes Iranian hackers' spear-phishing domains

"Phosphorous" group loses control over phishing infrastructure.
Juha Saarinen Mar 28 2019 12:49PM Security
ASUS releases fix after ShadowHammer malware attack

ASUS releases fix after ShadowHammer malware attack

But some users unable to update to non-backdoored software.
Juha Saarinen Mar 27 2019 10:11AM Security

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