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

Intel trials microcode for browser-exploitable Spectre bug

Intel trials microcode for browser-exploitable Spectre bug

Spectre Variant 4 can be triggered with Javascript.
Juha Saarinen May 22 2018 11:20AM Security
Aussie 19-year-old takes Intel prize for building drone

Aussie 19-year-old takes Intel prize for building drone

Washes commercial office windows autonomously.
Juha Saarinen May 21 2018 6:58AM Hardware
Chrome to remove 'secure' and padlock icon for HTTPS

Chrome to remove 'secure' and padlock icon for HTTPS

Treating the web as safe by default.
Juha Saarinen May 18 2018 8:05AM Security
AI's compute hunger outpaces Moore's law

AI's compute hunger outpaces Moore's law

Expect trend to continue.
Juha Saarinen May 17 2018 12:00PM Hardware
Pawsey trials NVIDIA GPUs for Nimbus cloud

Pawsey trials NVIDIA GPUs for Nimbus cloud

Kicks off early adopter program.
Juha Saarinen May 16 2018 10:16AM Cloud
'Efail' vulnerability lies in apps, not PGP and GnuPG

'Efail' vulnerability lies in apps, not PGP and GnuPG

Early fears over research largely unfounded.
Juha Saarinen May 15 2018 6:07AM Security
Researchers hide attacks against voice recognition

Researchers hide attacks against voice recognition

Subliminal sounds issue commands without users knowing.
Juha Saarinen May 11 2018 12:01PM Security
'Misunderstanding' causes serious vulnerability in every OS

'Misunderstanding' causes serious vulnerability in every OS

Emergency patches appear from all vendors.
Juha Saarinen May 10 2018 8:22AM Hardware
Apple iOS update to block mobile forensics

Apple iOS update to block mobile forensics

Disables USB port after a week of device remaining locked.
Juha Saarinen May 9 2018 9:28AM Security
Javascript in Excel sparks security worries

Javascript in Excel sparks security worries

Fears custom functions will be abused by attackers.
Juha Saarinen May 9 2018 8:13AM Security
Microsoft to provide FPGA accelerated real-time Azure AI

Microsoft to provide FPGA accelerated real-time Azure AI

Project Brainwave hardware uses Intel chips.
Juha Saarinen May 8 2018 10:01AM Hardware
Eight more Spectre-style flaws found in Intel processors

Eight more Spectre-style flaws found in Intel processors

Four rated as high severity.
Juha Saarinen May 4 2018 10:55AM Hardware
Microsoft patches Docker remote code execution bug

Microsoft patches Docker remote code execution bug

No evidence of public exploit.
Juha Saarinen May 3 2018 9:47AM Security
AWS threatens to kill Signal's cloud account

AWS threatens to kill Signal's cloud account

Domain fronting considered abusive.
Juha Saarinen May 2 2018 10:08AM Security
UK health service shifts to Win10 after ransomware attacks

UK health service shifts to Win10 after ransomware attacks

Finally dumps vulnerable legacy systems.
Juha Saarinen May 1 2018 12:09PM Security
Windows 10 provides weapon in war on attention

Windows 10 provides weapon in war on attention

Plus new enterprise management features for admins.
Juha Saarinen Apr 30 2018 11:31AM Software
HPE servers targeted by ransomware criminals

HPE servers targeted by ransomware criminals

Management interfaces left open to the internet abused.
Juha Saarinen Apr 27 2018 9:25AM Security
Amazon Echo coded into a silent spy device

Amazon Echo coded into a silent spy device

Transcribed what users said.
Juha Saarinen Apr 26 2018 9:18PM Security
Telstra cops $10m fine for 'premium' mobile billing

Telstra cops $10m fine for 'premium' mobile billing

Over 100,000 customers to be refunded.
Juha Saarinen Apr 26 2018 8:20PM Telco/ISP
Hoteliers advised to update keycard room locks

Hoteliers advised to update keycard room locks

Vulnerability found after 15 years and thousands of hours.
Juha Saarinen Apr 26 2018 7:29AM Security

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