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

DFAT backs Google Impact Challenge with $500,000 prize

DFAT backs Google Impact Challenge with $500,000 prize

Seeks innovative tech use by non-profits.
Juha Saarinen Jun 8 2016 3:55AM Strategy
Samsung Pay to launch in Australia next week

Samsung Pay to launch in Australia next week

June 15 event revealed.
Juha Saarinen Jun 7 2016 12:00PM Financial Services
Drive-by exploit kit bypasses Microsoft EMET protections

Drive-by exploit kit bypasses Microsoft EMET protections

Angler gets around DEP, ASR, EAF and other mitigations.
Juha Saarinen Jun 7 2016 4:57AM Security
Team GhostShell dumps over 36 million accounts on web

Team GhostShell dumps over 36 million accounts on web

Hacktivists score points against slack MongoDB admins.
Juha Saarinen Jun 6 2016 11:21AM Security
TeamViewer denies breach reports, strengthens security

TeamViewer denies breach reports, strengthens security

Blames unauthorised access of reused passwords.
Juha Saarinen Jun 6 2016 8:30AM Security
AWS Sydney outage downs big-name web companies

AWS Sydney outage downs big-name web companies

Foxtel, Domain, Domino's suffer extended downtime.
Juha Saarinen , Allie Coyne Jun 5 2016 6:30PM Storage
Microsoft declares SQL Server 2016 is ready to roll

Microsoft declares SQL Server 2016 is ready to roll

General availability for flagship database.
Juha Saarinen Jun 3 2016 11:50AM Software
Lenovo tells users to remove its unsafe bloatware

Lenovo tells users to remove its unsafe bloatware

Follows security researcher report on insecure OEM apps.
Juha Saarinen Jun 2 2016 8:50AM Security
PC makers blasted for bad bloatware security

PC makers blasted for bad bloatware security

Trivially exploitable vulnerabilities in bundled software.
Juha Saarinen Jun 1 2016 9:02AM Security
Respect my Certificate Authority!

Respect my Certificate Authority!

[Blog post] You should decide who to trust.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2016 2:30PM Security
Apple, Broadcom sued by Caltech over wi-fi patents

Apple, Broadcom sued by Caltech over wi-fi patents

Uni asserts patents for tech used in Apple devices since 2012.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2016 10:28AM Strategy
MySpace breach potentially the largest ever

MySpace breach potentially the largest ever

Hackers offer 360 million user credentials for 6 Bitcoin.
Juha Saarinen May 29 2016 9:31PM Security
Hack shuts down NSW Trainlink booking system

Hack shuts down NSW Trainlink booking system

Updated: Some customer credit card data, personal info likely captured.
Juha Saarinen May 29 2016 6:36PM Security
Stemming Heartbleed with the human element

Stemming Heartbleed with the human element

How OpenSSL pulled back from the brink.
Juha Saarinen May 27 2016 9:40AM Security
Chips can be built with undetectable malware: researchers

Chips can be built with undetectable malware: researchers

Near-impossible to spot, defend against hardware Trojan.
Juha Saarinen May 25 2016 2:22PM Security
British govt hackers report vulnerabilities to Apple

British govt hackers report vulnerabilities to Apple

Were they no longer needed by GCHQ?
Juha Saarinen May 25 2016 6:50AM Security
Finding digital fingerprints fast

Finding digital fingerprints fast

Data forensics in real time.
Juha Saarinen May 24 2016 1:34PM Security
Google releases mobile optimised Safe Browsing APIs

Google releases mobile optimised Safe Browsing APIs

Two billion users covered by security feature.
Juha Saarinen May 23 2016 9:32AM Security
Microsoft to remove terrorist content

Microsoft to remove terrorist content

Bing links to stay unless required under law.
Juha Saarinen May 23 2016 5:37AM Security
UK IoT firm wants to give users electric shocks when they overspend

UK IoT firm wants to give users electric shocks when they overspend

Buzz customers out of their bad habits.
Juha Saarinen May 20 2016 9:54AM Oddware

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