Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen has been covering the technology sector since the mid-1990s for publications around the world. He has been writing 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. Google

Recent articles by Juha Saarinen

Critical vulnerabilities found in Powertek distribution units

Critical vulnerabilities found in Powertek distribution units

Updated firmware distribution sub-standard, researcher says.
Juha Saarinen Jun 15 2022 11:53AM Security
Microsoft patches exploited 'Follina' remote code exec bug

Microsoft patches exploited 'Follina' remote code exec bug

Office vulnerability abused to drop malware.
Juha Saarinen Jun 15 2022 6:45AM Security
Australian organisations targeted by Aoqin Dragon hackers for a decade

Australian organisations targeted by Aoqin Dragon hackers for a decade

Telcos, governments, and academia spied upon by Chinese threat actor.
Juha Saarinen Jun 10 2022 7:05AM Security
US agencies accuse China of attacking telcos and network providers

US agencies accuse China of attacking telcos and network providers

Admins leave too many vulns unpatched, say NSA, CISA and FBI.
Juha Saarinen Jun 8 2022 12:00PM Security
Microsoft won't fix 'Dogwalk' zero-day from 2020

Microsoft won't fix 'Dogwalk' zero-day from 2020

Microsoft Diagnostics Tools bug re-awakens.
Juha Saarinen Jun 8 2022 11:40AM Security
Click Studios revokes digital cert used by 'Follina' dropped malware

Click Studios revokes digital cert used by 'Follina' dropped malware

Does not know how credential was obtained.
Juha Saarinen Jun 6 2022 6:45AM Security
No patch for actively exploited Atlassian Confluence zero-day

No patch for actively exploited Atlassian Confluence zero-day

Remote code execution, with webshells written to disk.
Juha Saarinen Jun 3 2022 9:52AM Security
Global police operation takes down Flubot infrastructure

Global police operation takes down Flubot infrastructure

AFP involved in anti-malware action.
Juha Saarinen Jun 2 2022 11:35AM Security
Freeing up of hundreds of millions of IPv4 addresses mooted

Freeing up of hundreds of millions of IPv4 addresses mooted

By making reserved and invalid addresses available.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2022 11:38AM Networking
New MS Office zero day evades Defender

New MS Office zero day evades Defender

'Follina exploit' loads malware from remote servers
Juha Saarinen May 30 2022 11:29AM Security
Govt readies $250 million in grants for innovative companies

Govt readies $250 million in grants for innovative companies

Minister Woods wants to turbo-charge business potential.
Juha Saarinen May 26 2022 9:13AM Finance
Student hacker behind ctx and phpass repo-jacking steps forward

Student hacker behind ctx and phpass repo-jacking steps forward

Captured data deleted and not used, attacker claims.
Juha Saarinen May 26 2022 6:32AM Security
Popular Python and PHP software repo-jacked

Popular Python and PHP software repo-jacked

Hacked PyPI ctx and PHP phpass libraries steal environment variables.
Juha Saarinen May 25 2022 12:30PM Security
China spied on Russian defence research institutes

China spied on Russian defence research institutes

Twisted Panda APT used sophisticated malware.
Juha Saarinen May 20 2022 6:58AM Security
'White hat' hackers no longer risk prosecution by the US

'White hat' hackers no longer risk prosecution by the US

Department of Justice revises policy.
Juha Saarinen May 20 2022 6:54AM Security
Careful you don't unwittingly hire North Korean IT freelancers

Careful you don't unwittingly hire North Korean IT freelancers

American authorities warn of elaborate employment scams.
Juha Saarinen May 19 2022 12:11PM Security
NSW digital driver's licences 'easily forgeable'

NSW digital driver's licences 'easily forgeable'

Underage people allegedly go drinking with fake IDs.
Juha Saarinen May 18 2022 1:15PM Security
Apple patches actively exploited macOS Big Sur bug

Apple patches actively exploited macOS Big Sur bug

A month after macOS Monterey was patched.
Juha Saarinen May 17 2022 12:50PM Security
Zyxel firewalls vulnerable to remote code execution

Zyxel firewalls vulnerable to remote code execution

Vendor jumps the gun on patches.
Juha Saarinen May 13 2022 12:22PM Security
Google adds phishing protection to Workspace apps

Google adds phishing protection to Workspace apps

Zero trust for Slides, Docs and Sheets as well as Gmail.
Juha Saarinen May 12 2022 6:49AM Cloud

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