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

Lenovo's fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

Lenovo's fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

And admin creds can be snagged.
Juha Saarinen Jan 30 2018 9:20AM Security
Apple culls most functionality from macOS Server

Apple culls most functionality from macOS Server

Focus changed to device management.
Juha Saarinen Jan 30 2018 6:35AM Software
Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Buggy microcode causes data loss and corruption.
Juha Saarinen Jan 29 2018 8:50AM Hardware
CSIRO to deploy unmanned ocean drones for research

CSIRO to deploy unmanned ocean drones for research

Windpowered sail drones last a year at sea.
Juha Saarinen Jan 25 2018 8:30AM Hardware
Popular web app framework allows remote code execution

Popular web app framework allows remote code execution

Slack, Skype, Signal, Node JS Package Manager, Shopify affected.
Juha Saarinen Jan 25 2018 6:30AM Security
Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

As other vendors back off Spectre fixes.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2018 8:00AM Security
Telstra trial claims world's fastest transmission speeds

Telstra trial claims world's fastest transmission speeds

400Gpbs per wavelength.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2018 6:30AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft partners with Lenovo for cheap school laptops

Microsoft partners with Lenovo for cheap school laptops

Targets Chromebooks in education market.
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2018 7:00AM Training & Development
Intel promises fixed Spectre patch to stop PCs rebooting

Intel promises fixed Spectre patch to stop PCs rebooting

As Torvalds declares patches "complete garbage".
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2018 6:35AM Hardware
Red Hat dumps Spectre CPU patches that brick servers

Red Hat dumps Spectre CPU patches that brick servers

Users advised to contact their hardware vendors.
Juha Saarinen Jan 22 2018 9:00AM Hardware
Jail for British man who DDoSed Google and Skype

Jail for British man who DDoSed Google and Skype

Reaped tens of thousands from malware sales.
Juha Saarinen Jan 19 2018 12:50PM Security
Data centre storage performance hurt by Meltdown-Spectre patches

Data centre storage performance hurt by Meltdown-Spectre patches

More work to do, Intel says.
Juha Saarinen Jan 18 2018 1:35PM Security
New Android malware has advanced spying capabilities

New Android malware has advanced spying capabilities

Reminiscent of the Hacking Team malware.
Juha Saarinen Jan 17 2018 8:25AM Security
Virtual currency miners target web servers with malware

Virtual currency miners target web servers with malware

Monero mining marauders maul machines.
Juha Saarinen Jan 16 2018 6:55AM Security
UNE IT director decamps for UAE

UNE IT director decamps for UAE

Takes role at University of Sharjah.
Juha Saarinen Jan 16 2018 6:40AM Training & Development
Visa to ditch signatures for cards

Visa to ditch signatures for cards

As biometrics trial gets underway.
Juha Saarinen Jan 15 2018 6:30AM Financial Services
New Intel flaw leaves corporate laptops wide open

New Intel flaw leaves corporate laptops wide open

Attackers need only 30 seconds to get in.
Juha Saarinen Jan 15 2018 6:00AM Security
Intel releases Meltdown microcodes for thousands of processors

Intel releases Meltdown microcodes for thousands of processors

Linux users can apply errata patches from the operating system.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2018 6:24AM Hardware
Meltdown and Spectre patch stops Ubuntu computers from booting

Meltdown and Spectre patch stops Ubuntu computers from booting

Users report issues.
Juha Saarinen Jan 11 2018 6:47AM Security
Improved wi-fi security coming this year

Improved wi-fi security coming this year

Wi-Fi Alliance announces WPA3 protocol.
Juha Saarinen Jan 10 2018 7:01AM Security

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