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

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
Mass 'ransack' of open MongoDB databases continues

Mass 'ransack' of open MongoDB databases continues

Unknown blackmailers delete data.
Juha Saarinen Jan 9 2017 6:35AM Security
Europe trials IP-based satellite flight traffic control

Europe trials IP-based satellite flight traffic control

To arrive for commercial flights by 2019.
Juha Saarinen Dec 21 2016 8:54AM Strategy
Methbot ad fraud ring nets millions of dollars a day

Methbot ad fraud ring nets millions of dollars a day

Hundreds of millions of bogus impressions created.
Juha Saarinen Dec 21 2016 6:28AM Security
Here's to 2016 - and make it a stiff one

Here's to 2016 - and make it a stiff one

[Blog post] You thought this year was bad, just wait until next.
Juha Saarinen Dec 20 2016 2:00PM Security
Vodafone to build infosec centre with DiData and FireEye

Vodafone to build infosec centre with DiData and FireEye

Inks five-year deal.
Juha Saarinen Dec 19 2016 7:30AM Security
Former Telstra COO to run NZ telco Chorus

Former Telstra COO to run NZ telco Chorus

Takes helm in February.
Juha Saarinen Dec 19 2016 7:07AM Strategy
FinFisher-like government spyware found in APT attacks

FinFisher-like government spyware found in APT attacks

Specific users targeted in Europe and Turkey.
Juha Saarinen Dec 15 2016 10:53AM Security
Lenovo Android devices come with pre-installed malware

Lenovo Android devices come with pre-installed malware

Beware of malicious downloaders.
Juha Saarinen Dec 15 2016 9:00AM Security
Skype for Macs has a long-standing backdoor

Skype for Macs has a long-standing backdoor

Apps can spy on comms in secret.
Juha Saarinen Dec 14 2016 9:15AM Security

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