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

Australians invited to US Hack the Air Force bug bounty

Australians invited to US Hack the Air Force bug bounty

Five-Eyes hackers to join in for the first time.
Juha Saarinen Apr 28 2017 7:45AM Security
Atlassian plugs Confluence info leak hole

Atlassian plugs Confluence info leak hole

Two security problems in one week.
Juha Saarinen Apr 28 2017 7:30AM Security
British man gets two years in prison for DDoS tool sales

British man gets two years in prison for DDoS tool sales

Inspired Lizard Squad's LOIC.
Juha Saarinen Apr 27 2017 6:43AM Security
Microsoft splits Win10 security, software updates

Microsoft splits Win10 security, software updates

Greater flexibility for when to install fixes.
Juha Saarinen Apr 26 2017 3:27PM Software
Russian mega carder gets record US prison sentence

Russian mega carder gets record US prison sentence

Roman "Track2" Seleznev hacked PoS systems with malware.
Juha Saarinen Apr 24 2017 11:21AM Security
Leaked NSA backdoor spreads throughout the world

Leaked NSA backdoor spreads throughout the world

Exploit code infects tens of thousands of systems.
Juha Saarinen Apr 24 2017 10:58AM Security
Mastercard trials fingerprint authentication for payments

Mastercard trials fingerprint authentication for payments

Sensor built into card.
Juha Saarinen Apr 21 2017 6:24AM Financial Services
Vigilante IoT worm Hajime hits Australia

Vigilante IoT worm Hajime hits Australia

Blocks access for Mirai malware.
Juha Saarinen Apr 20 2017 7:36AM Security
Oracle drops a whopping 299-patch security update

Oracle drops a whopping 299-patch security update

But Java only gets eight.
Juha Saarinen Apr 19 2017 10:56AM Security
VMware patches critical vCenter Server vulnerability

VMware patches critical vCenter Server vulnerability

Remotely exploitable bug in Adobe-developed messaging system.
Juha Saarinen Apr 18 2017 6:46AM Security
Unicode flaw in Chrome and Firefox aids phishing

Unicode flaw in Chrome and Firefox aids phishing

Internet Explorer, Edge, and Safari not affected.
Juha Saarinen Apr 17 2017 9:36AM Security
Shadow Brokers leak more NSA exploits

Shadow Brokers leak more NSA exploits

Now patched in Windows.
Juha Saarinen Apr 17 2017 9:22AM Security
Digital certificate use by phishing sites spikes

Digital certificate use by phishing sites spikes

Let's Encrypt, Comodo continue to issue credentials for fraudulent sites.
Juha Saarinen Apr 13 2017 6:08AM Security
TPG and Vodafone snap up last 700MHz spectrum

TPG and Vodafone snap up last 700MHz spectrum

Treasury pockets $1.5 billion.
Juha Saarinen Apr 12 2017 8:27AM Telco/ISP
Windows 10 Creators Update arrives today

Windows 10 Creators Update arrives today

Coincides with Patch Wednesday.
Juha Saarinen Apr 12 2017 6:45AM Software
NBN Co shows off 10Gbps FTTP technology

NBN Co shows off 10Gbps FTTP technology

Passive fibre tech for end user, backhaul connections.
Juha Saarinen Apr 11 2017 7:10AM Telco/ISP
CIA used Carberp code to build persistent malware

CIA used Carberp code to build persistent malware

Took advantage of leaked source code.
Juha Saarinen Apr 10 2017 9:45AM Security
ShadowBrokers releases password to NSA hack tool dump

ShadowBrokers releases password to NSA hack tool dump

May help NSA find origin of data leak.
Juha Saarinen Apr 10 2017 6:45AM Security
BrickerBot malware kills open IoT devices

BrickerBot malware kills open IoT devices

"Phlashing" causes permanent denial of service.
Juha Saarinen Apr 7 2017 10:15AM Security
Risk of hackers wiping Apple accounts 'near zero'

Risk of hackers wiping Apple accounts 'near zero'

Turkish Crime Family doesn't have hundreds of millions of credentials.
Juha Saarinen Apr 7 2017 7:15AM Security

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