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

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
Sophos and Cylance in public fight over cheating

Sophos and Cylance in public fight over cheating

Who's faking it?
Juha Saarinen Jul 3 2016 6:50PM Security
French bank rolls out blockchain for ID verification

French bank rolls out blockchain for ID verification

Bitcoin-derived tech to ease regulatory burden.
Juha Saarinen Jul 1 2016 11:22AM Financial Services
Google's new Android version is called Nougat

Google's new Android version is called Nougat

Crowd-sourcing settled on moniker.
Juha Saarinen Jul 1 2016 9:52AM Telco/ISP
New wi-fi standard triples connectivity speeds

New wi-fi standard triples connectivity speeds

Beats wired networks.
Juha Saarinen Jun 30 2016 6:57AM Hardware
Symantec scrambles to patch severe holes in 26 products

Symantec scrambles to patch severe holes in 26 products

"As bad as it gets" flaws in enterprise, consumer security offerings.
Juha Saarinen Jun 29 2016 12:09PM Security
Vocus to buy Nextgen Networks for $861 million

Vocus to buy Nextgen Networks for $861 million

Securing the "missing link" in its infrastructure set.
Paris Cowan , Juha Saarinen Jun 29 2016 10:07AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft, Red Hat release open source programming protocol

Microsoft, Red Hat release open source programming protocol

Lets devs code in different languages.
Juha Saarinen Jun 28 2016 12:30PM Software
Google boss suffers social media hack

Google boss suffers social media hack

OurMine hackers target tech chief executives.
Juha Saarinen Jun 27 2016 2:10PM Security
United States wants travellers' social media details

United States wants travellers' social media details

Facebook, Twitter activity could be vetted by homeland security.
Juha Saarinen Jun 27 2016 6:00AM Security
iiNet starts NBN HFC cable trials

iiNet starts NBN HFC cable trials

Small sites in Qld and WA selected.
Juha Saarinen Jun 27 2016 6:00AM Telco/ISP

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