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

Close door on TOR or face liability for threats: researchers

Close door on TOR or face liability for threats: researchers

Businesses warned to get proactive against anonymising network.
Juha Saarinen Aug 27 2015 6:30AM Security
Linux Foundation starts security vetting program for FOSS

Linux Foundation starts security vetting program for FOSS

Seeks input on initial criteria.
Juha Saarinen Aug 26 2015 11:38AM Security
iiNet records bumper numbers in last-ever results

iiNet records bumper numbers in last-ever results

Revenue and subscriber numbers up year-on-year.
Juha Saarinen Aug 24 2015 6:38AM Telco/ISP
Cheap thermal imagers can steal user PINs

Cheap thermal imagers can steal user PINs

Metallic keys on PIN pads recommended.
Juha Saarinen Aug 21 2015 9:45AM Security
Windows Server 2016 preview debuts containers

Windows Server 2016 preview debuts containers

Deployed and managed by open source Docker tools.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2015 2:04PM Software
Urgent out-of-band patch released for Internet Explorer

Urgent out-of-band patch released for Internet Explorer

Drive-by attacks possible with critical vulnerability.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2015 8:08AM Security
Microsoft releases MDOP with support for Windows 10

Microsoft releases MDOP with support for Windows 10

Enterprise tools updated.
Juha Saarinen Aug 19 2015 4:44AM Software
Adobe settles giant 2013 data breach class action suit

Adobe settles giant 2013 data breach class action suit

Compensation not disclosed.
Juha Saarinen Aug 17 2015 6:21PM Security
BitTorrent can be exploited for large-scale DoS attacks

BitTorrent can be exploited for large-scale DoS attacks

Up to 120 times traffic amplification.
Juha Saarinen Aug 17 2015 9:11AM Security
Apple OS X hit by new zero-day

Apple OS X hit by new zero-day

Proof of concept released without notifying Apple.
Juha Saarinen Aug 17 2015 5:53AM Security
Apple adds Win10 support for Boot Camp

Apple adds Win10 support for Boot Camp

OS X Yosemite required.
Juha Saarinen Aug 14 2015 9:00AM Hardware
US telco field tests 10Gbps FTTP service

US telco field tests 10Gbps FTTP service

Adding more colours of light boosts capacity several times.
Juha Saarinen Aug 14 2015 6:44AM Telco/ISP
Lenovo rootkit loaded bloatware onto clean Windows installs

Lenovo rootkit loaded bloatware onto clean Windows installs

Large number of consumer devices affected.
Juha Saarinen Aug 13 2015 11:14AM Security
Infosec pros hit back over new UK software export controls

Infosec pros hit back over new UK software export controls

Calc.exe exploit demos exempted from guidelines.
Juha Saarinen Aug 12 2015 10:22AM Security
Google founders restructure business, form new parent company

Google founders restructure business, form new parent company

Giant shake-up makes Google a subsidiary of Alphabet.
Juha Saarinen Aug 11 2015 7:53AM Software
Xen Project to stick with QEMU despite vulnerabilities

Xen Project to stick with QEMU despite vulnerabilities

Work on sandboxing hardware emulation kicks off.
Juha Saarinen Aug 10 2015 6:55AM Hardware
Mozilla issues patches against Firefox file-stealing flaw

Mozilla issues patches against Firefox file-stealing flaw

Vulnerability under active exploit.
Juha Saarinen Aug 9 2015 5:26PM Security
Android Certifi-gate flaw threatens hundreds of millions of devices

Android Certifi-gate flaw threatens hundreds of millions of devices

More infosec problems arise with Google's mobile OS.
Juha Saarinen Aug 7 2015 12:19PM Security
Microsoft releases first iteration of iOS code translator

Microsoft releases first iteration of iOS code translator

Wants iOS devs to create Windows apps with Objective-C code.
Juha Saarinen Aug 7 2015 5:35AM Software
ICANN website passwords captured by hacker

ICANN website passwords captured by hacker

Users asked to reset passphrases.
Juha Saarinen Aug 6 2015 12:55PM Security

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