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

CBA, Qld trial world's first blockchain-backed govt bond

CBA, Qld trial world's first blockchain-backed govt bond

Bank sets up "virtual crypto bond" for Queensland Treasury.
Juha Saarinen Jan 25 2017 9:27AM Financial Services
Cisco rushes to kill WebEx remote code execution hole

Cisco rushes to kill WebEx remote code execution hole

"Magic URL" could run code on users' computers.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2017 11:05AM Security
HummingWhale Android malware infests Google Play

HummingWhale Android malware infests Google Play

Virtual machine removes the need for device rooting.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2017 9:02AM Security
Thousands of Australian servers are still vulnerable to Heartbleed

Thousands of Australian servers are still vulnerable to Heartbleed

Three years after patches issued.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2017 6:41AM Security
Symantec in another bogus digital certs blunder

Symantec in another bogus digital certs blunder

"Test" certificates revoked.
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2017 9:00AM Security
Snowden's favoured secure email provider Lavabit reboots

Snowden's favoured secure email provider Lavabit reboots

Built on new end-to-end encryption standard.
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2017 6:54AM Security
Scourge of unsecure database deletions spreading

Scourge of unsecure database deletions spreading

Hadoop instances deleted with no ransom sought.
Juha Saarinen Jan 20 2017 6:42AM Security
US sues Oracle over alleged pay discrimination

US sues Oracle over alleged pay discrimination

Government contracts could be cancelled.
Juha Saarinen Jan 19 2017 9:49AM Strategy
Oracle issues 270 critical patches

Oracle issues 270 critical patches

E-Business Suite the most vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen Jan 18 2017 12:00PM Security
Obama cuts bulk of Chelsea Manning's sentence

Obama cuts bulk of Chelsea Manning's sentence

What now for Assange after extradition promise?
Juha Saarinen Jan 18 2017 8:59AM Security
Thousands of apps found with hardcoded API creds

Thousands of apps found with hardcoded API creds

Leaking secrets for popular services.
Juha Saarinen Jan 18 2017 6:30AM Security
Govt invests in trial to improve GPS accuracy for Australia

Govt invests in trial to improve GPS accuracy for Australia

Wants to drop range from metres to centimetres.
Juha Saarinen Jan 17 2017 11:40AM Strategy
Microsoft security bulletins go away next month

Microsoft security bulletins go away next month

Moved to an updates guide.
Juha Saarinen Jan 16 2017 6:40AM Security
The Shadow Brokers call it quits, release free Windows hacks

The Shadow Brokers call it quits, release free Windows hacks

10,000 BTC can still buy exploit trove.
Juha Saarinen Jan 13 2017 12:13PM Security
Southern Cross Cable tests SDN on-demand service

Southern Cross Cable tests SDN on-demand service

Cable operators move towards flexible products.
Juha Saarinen Jan 13 2017 6:37AM Telco/ISP
Italian siblings arrested over alleged hacking of former PM, Vatican

Italian siblings arrested over alleged hacking of former PM, Vatican

Police claim 18,000 high-profile email accounts targeted.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2017 10:51AM Security
Thousands of bogus certs issued after GoDaddy bug blunder

Thousands of bogus certs issued after GoDaddy bug blunder

Flaw unnoticed since July last year.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2017 9:52AM Security
Shamoon disk wiper evolves to kill VDI snapshots

Shamoon disk wiper evolves to kill VDI snapshots

Creds for Huawei's FusionCloud hard-coded into malware.
Juha Saarinen Jan 11 2017 10:20AM Security
Atlassian buys collaboration startup Trello

Atlassian buys collaboration startup Trello

Virtual sticky notes company picked up for $577 million.
Juha Saarinen Jan 10 2017 6:28AM Strategy
Uber offers anonymised trip data to town planners

Uber offers anonymised trip data to town planners

'Movement' to facilitate information sharing.
Juha Saarinen Jan 9 2017 4:07PM Strategy

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