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

'Thousands' of products vulnerable to code hooking abuse

'Thousands' of products vulnerable to code hooking abuse

Microsoft to patch hooking engine next month.
Juha Saarinen Jul 20 2016 6:29AM Security
How a hacker stole money from Google, Microsoft, and Facebook

How a hacker stole money from Google, Microsoft, and Facebook

Companies did not verify premium rate call back numbers.
Juha Saarinen Jul 19 2016 9:40AM Security
'Mothball' chemical promises quantum computing at room temperature

'Mothball' chemical promises quantum computing at room temperature

International effort to make quantum computing practical.
Juha Saarinen Jul 19 2016 7:20AM Oddware
Fifteen-year-old server-side bug opens up websites

Fifteen-year-old server-side bug opens up websites

Admins advised to block proxy request headers.
Juha Saarinen Jul 19 2016 6:08AM Security
Ubuntu user forums hack leaks millions of user details

Ubuntu user forums hack leaks millions of user details

Attacker took advantage of unpatched software.
Juha Saarinen Jul 18 2016 6:27AM Security
Tech leaders slam Donald Trump's presidency bid

Tech leaders slam Donald Trump's presidency bid

US and UK politicians butt heads with IT companies.
Juha Saarinen Jul 15 2016 11:55AM Strategy
MasterCard enters online, mobile payments with Masterpass

MasterCard enters online, mobile payments with Masterpass

Bets on Android-only solution for contactless payments.
Juha Saarinen Jul 15 2016 6:03AM Financial Services
China blamed for US federal bank insurer hacks

China blamed for US federal bank insurer hacks

Multiple breaches recorded at FDIC since 2010.
Juha Saarinen Jul 14 2016 5:16AM Security
Microsoft Azure Stack won't run on your existing hardware

Microsoft Azure Stack won't run on your existing hardware

Customers angry that product is tied to Dell, HPE and Lenovo servers.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2016 4:08PM Software
Windows 10 subscriptions are coming for the enterprise

Windows 10 subscriptions are coming for the enterprise

Surface-as-a-service program launched.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2016 12:20PM Software
Microsoft blacklists Secure Boot-disabling policies in Windows

Microsoft blacklists Secure Boot-disabling policies in Windows

Could be used to switch off BitLocker disk encryption.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2016 9:00AM Security
Australia Japan Cable awaits repairs after April break

Australia Japan Cable awaits repairs after April break

Traffic rerouted via ring architecture.
Juha Saarinen Jul 12 2016 6:55AM Telco/ISP
HPE to fix enterprise storage remote root access flaw

HPE to fix enterprise storage remote root access flaw

Patches out on July 18 for StoreVirtual devices.
Juha Saarinen Jul 11 2016 6:40AM Storage
Apple iOS 10, macOS Sierra betas go public

Apple iOS 10, macOS Sierra betas go public

Several new features shared across the two operating systems.
Juha Saarinen Jul 8 2016 10:46AM Software
Google experiments with quantum-secure crypto

Google experiments with quantum-secure crypto

Chrome will use post-quantum key exchange algorithm.
Juha Saarinen Jul 8 2016 6:40AM Security
Russian gets long prison sentence for StubHub hack

Russian gets long prison sentence for StubHub hack

Ringleader could spend up to 12 years in jail.
Juha Saarinen Jul 7 2016 3:30PM Security
Lenovo hunts BIOS backdoor bandits

Lenovo hunts BIOS backdoor bandits

Who wrote rogue SMM code, and what does it do?
Juha Saarinen Jul 6 2016 6:06AM Security
Goodbye, PCs. You just can't be secured

Goodbye, PCs. You just can't be secured

[Blog post] Time to rethink enterprise users' computing platform.
Juha Saarinen Jul 5 2016 2:30PM Security
Design flaw breaks Android storage encryption

Design flaw breaks Android storage encryption

Low-level attack makes it possible to extract encryption keys.
Juha Saarinen Jul 5 2016 10:40AM Security
Lenovo ThinkPad zero-day bypasses Windows security

Lenovo ThinkPad zero-day bypasses Windows security

ThnkPwn exploit gets around PC hardware protections.
Juha Saarinen Jul 4 2016 6:41AM Security

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