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

ACSC launches security program for managed service providers

ACSC launches security program for managed service providers

Seeks to restore confidence in hacked MSPs.
Juha Saarinen Dec 24 2018 11:16AM Security
Thales gets green light from ACCC to buy Gemalto

Thales gets green light from ACCC to buy Gemalto

Must sell general-purpose hardware security module business.
Juha Saarinen Dec 20 2018 10:46AM Hardware
Emergency patch out for exploited IE scripting engine flaw

Emergency patch out for exploited IE scripting engine flaw

Could allow attackers take full control of Windows computers.
Juha Saarinen Dec 20 2018 6:41AM Networking
Crossfire over slack cyber security at US anti-missile system

Crossfire over slack cyber security at US anti-missile system

Pentagon and contractors slapped in audit.
Juha Saarinen Dec 18 2018 4:30PM Security
Telstra to take quarter-stake in Southern Cross Cable

Telstra to take quarter-stake in Southern Cross Cable

Wants slice of 72 Tbps NEXT action.
Juha Saarinen Dec 18 2018 3:15PM Telco/ISP
Hackers used Twitter 'malmeme' pics to control Trojan

Hackers used Twitter 'malmeme' pics to control Trojan

Images contained embedded command.
Juha Saarinen Dec 18 2018 9:22AM Security
Bomb hoax extortion emails spread down under

Bomb hoax extortion emails spread down under

Bitcoin bust creates threat boom.
Juha Saarinen Dec 14 2018 9:00AM Security
Microsoft patches exploited new Windows zero-day

Microsoft patches exploited new Windows zero-day

In-the-wild vulnerability rated important, not critical.
Juha Saarinen Dec 12 2018 1:23PM Security
Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal open to side-channel attacks

Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal open to side-channel attacks

Messaging apps inadequately protect state and user information.
Juha Saarinen Dec 11 2018 7:04AM Security
Expired Ericsson cert causes UK and Japan mega outages

Expired Ericsson cert causes UK and Japan mega outages

Manual updates being rolled out.
Juha Saarinen Dec 7 2018 8:17AM Telco/ISP
Huawei chief financial officer arrested in Vancouver

Huawei chief financial officer arrested in Vancouver

Faces extradition to the US over Iran sanctions busting allegations.
Juha Saarinen Dec 6 2018 11:15AM Telco/ISP
Activ8me gets court a second time for alleged misleading broadband marketing

Activ8me gets court a second time for alleged misleading broadband marketing

"Up to 100 Mbps" turned out to be 12/1 Mbps.
Juha Saarinen Dec 5 2018 2:22PM Telco/ISP
Quora hacked, about 100 million user accounts leaked

Quora hacked, about 100 million user accounts leaked

Chief executive apologises and promises transparency.
Juha Saarinen Dec 4 2018 12:21PM Security
Citrix resets Sharefile passwords after creds stuffing attacks

Citrix resets Sharefile passwords after creds stuffing attacks

Re-used logins bite users.
Juha Saarinen Dec 4 2018 6:53AM Security
Brit spies 'solve' interception without encryption breaking problem

Brit spies 'solve' interception without encryption breaking problem

Snowden unimpressed.
Juha Saarinen Nov 30 2018 8:48AM Security
Kiwi spooks nix Huawei from 5G network build

Kiwi spooks nix Huawei from 5G network build

Spark "disappointed" it can't use Chinese telco vendor's 5G gear.
Juha Saarinen Nov 28 2018 2:43PM Security
Is mobile device management a malware menace?

Is mobile device management a malware menace?

Not so fast...
Juha Saarinen Nov 28 2018 12:24PM Security
Unknown dev gets rights to popular module, adds crypto stealer

Unknown dev gets rights to popular module, adds crypto stealer

'Everything wrong with open source software security'.
Juha Saarinen Nov 27 2018 11:41AM Security
Storm brewing over Israeli spyware firm over sales to Saudis

Storm brewing over Israeli spyware firm over sales to Saudis

Snowden sees Pegasus involvement in grisly Khashoggi murder.
Juha Saarinen Nov 27 2018 10:42AM Security
Microsoft closes actively exploited Windows zero-day

Microsoft closes actively exploited Windows zero-day

Remote code execution bugs in Edge taken care of too.
Juha Saarinen Nov 14 2018 9:37AM Security

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