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

Chrome back button hijack records user behaviour

Chrome back button hijack records user behaviour

Simple script captures where people click on competitor sites.
Juha Saarinen Aug 29 2018 9:06AM Security
Hackers drop crypto mining on vulnerable Struts

Hackers drop crypto mining on vulnerable Struts

Active scanning and exploitation of unpatched boxes afoot.
Juha Saarinen Aug 28 2018 12:01PM Security
Huawei bares legal teeth over Australian 5G ban

Huawei bares legal teeth over Australian 5G ban

Warns of raised network build costs.
Juha Saarinen Aug 24 2018 2:30PM Security
New critical Apache Struts hole allows remote code execution

New critical Apache Struts hole allows remote code execution

Patch to avoid Equifax-style pwnage.
Juha Saarinen Aug 24 2018 10:20AM Security
Covert Iranian social info ops campaign shuttered

Covert Iranian social info ops campaign shuttered

Whole lotta coordinated inauthentic behaviour going on.
Juha Saarinen Aug 22 2018 11:18AM Security
Microsoft says it disrupted Russian cyber attack on US elections

Microsoft says it disrupted Russian cyber attack on US elections

Launches free AccountGuard programme for threat notification.
Juha Saarinen Aug 22 2018 4:49AM Security
Researchers develop landslide predicting software

Researchers develop landslide predicting software

Big data to track minute land movements.
Juha Saarinen Aug 16 2018 11:55AM Software
Banks warned of global ATM cash-out campaign

Banks warned of global ATM cash-out campaign

Attack of the cloned cards.
Juha Saarinen Aug 14 2018 9:33AM Financial Services
US-CERT warns of new RAT threat from North Korea

US-CERT warns of new RAT threat from North Korea

State-sponsored malware writers sharing code.
Juha Saarinen Aug 10 2018 2:02PM Security
New wi-fi crack attack allows outsiders to snag user creds

New wi-fi crack attack allows outsiders to snag user creds

Depending on length and complexity of password.
Juha Saarinen Aug 6 2018 6:45AM Security
Reddit IT admin accounts compromised in site hack

Reddit IT admin accounts compromised in site hack

Attackers access old backup file, internal systems.
Juha Saarinen Aug 2 2018 8:28AM Security
Telstra alerts business customers after privacy snafu

Telstra alerts business customers after privacy snafu

Telstra Tools leaked contact information.
Juha Saarinen Jul 30 2018 7:01AM Security
Extortion phishers harvest guilty coin bonanza

Extortion phishers harvest guilty coin bonanza

Leaked password dumps used.
Juha Saarinen Jul 24 2018 2:58PM Security
Google Cloud locks onto enterprise blockchain

Google Cloud locks onto enterprise blockchain

Enterprise feature push.
Juha Saarinen Jul 24 2018 11:59AM Cloud
Insecure server left carmakers' trade secrets wide open

Insecure server left carmakers' trade secrets wide open

Exposes 157GB from Tesla, Toyota, GM and others.
Juha Saarinen Jul 23 2018 4:45AM Security
Oracle product vulnerabilities hit all-time high

Oracle product vulnerabilities hit all-time high

Sanctioned security vendor ERPScan won't be credited for reports.
Juha Saarinen Jul 18 2018 7:48AM Security
Novel malware attack used mobile device management

Novel malware attack used mobile device management

Beware of installing additional certificates on devices.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2018 7:03AM Security
Apple censorship code for China crashed iPhone apps

Apple censorship code for China crashed iPhone apps

Taiwanese flag emoji denial of service attack.
Juha Saarinen Jul 11 2018 12:06PM Security
Cheap device could stall Apple's new USB port lock

Cheap device could stall Apple's new USB port lock

Workaround for USB Restricted Mode feature.
Juha Saarinen Jul 10 2018 11:35AM Security
Trustwave sued for $40m over Heartland PCI-DSS checks

Trustwave sued for $40m over Heartland PCI-DSS checks

Insurers want compensation.
Juha Saarinen Jul 10 2018 11:00AM Financial Services

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