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

Trio behind Mirai botnet avoid jail time

Trio behind Mirai botnet avoid jail time

Hackers strike cooperation deal with the feds.
Juha Saarinen Sep 20 2018 11:39AM Security
Database destroying worm menaces Linux and Windows servers

Database destroying worm menaces Linux and Windows servers

Botnet, ransomware and coin mining rolled into one malware.
Juha Saarinen Sep 19 2018 9:39AM Security
"Peekaboo" flaw opens up scores of network CCTV recorders

"Peekaboo" flaw opens up scores of network CCTV recorders

Users advised to limit access and secure devices.
Juha Saarinen Sep 18 2018 2:55PM Software
Remote code exec found in Alpine Linux

Remote code exec found in Alpine Linux

Update and rebuild or risk pwnage.
Juha Saarinen Sep 16 2018 4:33PM Security
Veeam left 200GB sales database wide open

Veeam left 200GB sales database wide open

Misconfigured MongoDB.
Juha Saarinen Sep 12 2018 9:24AM Security
Apple boots apps that snaffled browser histories

Apple boots apps that snaffled browser histories

Trend Micro culls collection features from its code.
Juha Saarinen Sep 11 2018 12:00PM Security
Microsoft adds three years support for Windows 7

Microsoft adds three years support for Windows 7

But support costs will keep going up.
Juha Saarinen Sep 7 2018 11:09AM Security
Cisco warns of critical remotely exploitable vulnerabilities

Cisco warns of critical remotely exploitable vulnerabilities

Struts bugs, Umbrella misconfig and router Guest accounts fixed.
Juha Saarinen Sep 6 2018 7:40AM Security
Google to nix all tech support provider ads

Google to nix all tech support provider ads

Can't tell the difference between scammers and legit providers.
Juha Saarinen Sep 3 2018 11:29AM Security
Five-Eyes nations to force encryption backdoors

Five-Eyes nations to force encryption backdoors

Tech companies get Faustian interception choice.
Juha Saarinen Sep 3 2018 6:59AM Security
Card stealing malware hits +100 Aussie e-stores

Card stealing malware hits +100 Aussie e-stores

Magentocore.net scrapes payment data from site visitors.
Juha Saarinen Aug 31 2018 9:27AM Security
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

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