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

Australia's online card fraud problem is the polar opposite of America's. Here's why...

Australia's online card fraud problem is the polar opposite of America's. Here's why...

Millions of US chip cards compromised over past year.
Juha Saarinen , Julian Bajkowski Nov 13 2018 12:10PM Financial Services
Route leak sends Google Cloud traffic to Russia

Route leak sends Google Cloud traffic to Russia

"Hijack" caused by Nigerian ISP.
Juha Saarinen Nov 13 2018 11:22AM Security
Pentagon starts outing APT zero-days on VirusTotal

Pentagon starts outing APT zero-days on VirusTotal

Fancy Bear-ware made public.
Juha Saarinen Nov 12 2018 7:00AM Security
Microsoft server outage deactivates Windows licenses

Microsoft server outage deactivates Windows licenses

Win10 Pro users told they have to go Home.
Juha Saarinen Nov 9 2018 9:44AM Software
Weak self-scrambling SSDs opens up Windows BitLocker

Weak self-scrambling SSDs opens up Windows BitLocker

Adding software encryption recommended to boost BitLocker security.
Juha Saarinen Nov 7 2018 7:00AM Security
How a 1974 bug still bites Win10 and Azure users

How a 1974 bug still bites Win10 and Azure users

Oh no! Catastrophic failure!
Juha Saarinen Nov 5 2018 1:40PM Software
Eftpos and ATMs go dark after Telstra fault

Eftpos and ATMs go dark after Telstra fault

Crash causes cashless commerce problems.
Juha Saarinen , Julian Bajkowski Nov 5 2018 7:00AM Telco/ISP
Cisco ASA and Firepower appliances under attack

Cisco ASA and Firepower appliances under attack

Miscreants remotely crash network security devices.
Juha Saarinen Nov 2 2018 10:42AM Security
Apple fixes remote crash vulnerability in macOS and iOS versions

Apple fixes remote crash vulnerability in macOS and iOS versions

Slow disclosure of kernel-crashing remote code execution bug.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2018 10:30AM Security
Microsoft 365 suffers lengthy outage after 'changes'

Microsoft 365 suffers lengthy outage after 'changes'

Users unable to log in.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2018 10:17AM Software
EU kicks off 100 qubit quantum computer build

EU kicks off 100 qubit quantum computer build

OpenSuperQ computer part of larger billion-euro quantum initiative.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2018 6:19AM Hardware
Fleet Space Tech to launch two commercial CubeSats

Fleet Space Tech to launch two commercial CubeSats

From Rocket Lab's Complex-1 in New Zealand.
Juha Saarinen Oct 30 2018 9:04AM Strategy
IBM buys Red Hat in US$34bn straight cash deal

IBM buys Red Hat in US$34bn straight cash deal

Chasing hybrid multi-cloud market.
Juha Saarinen Oct 29 2018 5:52AM Software
Microsoft trials sandboxed Windows Defender AV

Microsoft trials sandboxed Windows Defender AV

Claims first for security program.
Juha Saarinen Oct 28 2018 8:00PM Security
China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers

China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers

Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.
Juha Saarinen Oct 26 2018 11:58AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft releases un-deployable Exchange Server 2019

Microsoft releases un-deployable Exchange Server 2019

Requires unavailable Windows Server 2019
Juha Saarinen Oct 24 2018 5:26AM Software
Apple launches GDPR-style privacy tools for users

Apple launches GDPR-style privacy tools for users

View, correct and delete what Big A has collected on you.
Juha Saarinen Oct 18 2018 6:25AM Security
Github trials Docker-based Actions workflow automation

Github trials Docker-based Actions workflow automation

Adds vulnerability alerts for .NET and Java.
Juha Saarinen Oct 17 2018 5:55AM Software
AWS Sydney data centre locations leaked

AWS Sydney data centre locations leaked

Wikileaks publishes Atlas of AWS so you know where government stores your stuff.
Juha Saarinen Oct 14 2018 9:20AM Storage
Don't bother with blockchain: databases or email may be better

Don't bother with blockchain: databases or email may be better

National Institute of Standards report says it isn't magic and isn't immutable either.
Juha Saarinen Oct 11 2018 12:51PM Software

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