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

Local Gits vulnerable to remote code execution

Local Gits vulnerable to remote code execution

"NotGitBleed" creds leak also fixed.
Juha Saarinen Apr 13 2022 12:00PM Security
HP patches critical bugs in Teradici PCoIP software

HP patches critical bugs in Teradici PCoIP software

Over 15 million instances need updating.
Juha Saarinen Apr 13 2022 6:20AM Security
Mandatory cyber security incident reporting now in force

Mandatory cyber security incident reporting now in force

Sugar mills critical assets.
Juha Saarinen Apr 12 2022 9:48AM Security
Microsoft bolsters Windows 11 enterprise Zero Trust security

Microsoft bolsters Windows 11 enterprise Zero Trust security

Hardware features aim to make hybrid work safer.
Juha Saarinen Apr 6 2022 6:50AM Security
Emergency patches out for exploited Apple zero-days

Emergency patches out for exploited Apple zero-days

AV decoder vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen Apr 1 2022 12:56PM Security
SANS spots Spring4shell vulnerability exploitation attempts

SANS spots Spring4shell vulnerability exploitation attempts

Concern that evolving exploits will hit unpatched applications.
Juha Saarinen Apr 1 2022 11:25AM Security
Misconfigured VPN behind destructive Viasat attack

Misconfigured VPN behind destructive Viasat attack

Tens of thousands of replacement modems ready to ship.
Juha Saarinen Mar 31 2022 5:37AM Security
Ancient zlib memory corruption bug sparks security concerns

Ancient zlib memory corruption bug sparks security concerns

Compression library is popular everywhere from open source to Microsoft Office.
Juha Saarinen Mar 30 2022 12:01PM Security
Lapsus$ hackers exploited Okta supplier's security lapses

Lapsus$ hackers exploited Okta supplier's security lapses

Allegedly found spreadsheet with login credentials.
Juha Saarinen Mar 29 2022 3:13PM Security
US puts Kaspersky Lab on natsec threat list

US puts Kaspersky Lab on natsec threat list

Joined by China Telecom and China Mobile.
Juha Saarinen Mar 28 2022 6:35AM Security
Researchers devise stealthy phone tracking without fake base stations

Researchers devise stealthy phone tracking without fake base stations

Passive attacks work on phones from multiple vendors.
Juha Saarinen Mar 24 2022 1:03PM Security
Microsoft releases open source Trickbot scanner for Mikrotik routers

Microsoft releases open source Trickbot scanner for Mikrotik routers

Botnet remains a serious threat worldwide.
Juha Saarinen Mar 18 2022 11:26AM Networking
Poorly secured databases targeted by 'Gh0stCringe' backdoor

Poorly secured databases targeted by 'Gh0stCringe' backdoor

MySQL and MS SQL Server instances attacked.
Juha Saarinen Mar 17 2022 12:08PM Security
'Protestware' npm package dependency labelled supply-chain attack

'Protestware' npm package dependency labelled supply-chain attack

"Peacenotwar" npm module protests Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Juha Saarinen Mar 17 2022 11:52AM Security
Phishers devise browser-in-the-browser attacks, 'chameleon' landing pages

Phishers devise browser-in-the-browser attacks, 'chameleon' landing pages

Next-level trickery menaces users.
Juha Saarinen Mar 17 2022 6:49AM Security
OpenSSL squarely rooted by cert parsing bug

OpenSSL squarely rooted by cert parsing bug

LibreSSL issues patches as well.
Juha Saarinen Mar 16 2022 11:53AM Security
Remove and replace Kaspersky AV, says German cyber intelligence

Remove and replace Kaspersky AV, says German cyber intelligence

Vendor says warning being made "on political grounds".
Juha Saarinen Mar 16 2022 7:20AM Security
Surprise Apple macOS and iOS updates fix a slew of vulnerabilities

Surprise Apple macOS and iOS updates fix a slew of vulnerabilities

Cupertino took a while to address serious problems.
Juha Saarinen Mar 15 2022 12:25PM Security
Researchers poke holes in Spectre data leak bug fixes

Researchers poke holes in Spectre data leak bug fixes

Branch history injection new flavour of Spectre v2.
Juha Saarinen Mar 10 2022 10:03AM Security
Critical PTC Axeda bugs jeopardise healthcare, IoT devices

Critical PTC Axeda bugs jeopardise healthcare, IoT devices

Devices from over a hundred high-profile vendors vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen Mar 9 2022 8:55AM Security

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