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

Skype users plagued by ongoing bogus messages

Skype users plagued by ongoing bogus messages

Advised to change passwords on Skype, linked Microsoft accounts.
Juha Saarinen Jul 20 2015 12:30PM Security
UK considers ten-year prison term for file sharers

UK considers ten-year prison term for file sharers

Stronger stance on copyright infringement.
Juha Saarinen Jul 20 2015 5:10AM Strategy
Infosec firms oppose 'misguided' exploit export controls

Infosec firms oppose 'misguided' exploit export controls

Claim new rules will put the world at greater risk.
Juha Saarinen Jul 16 2015 10:52AM Security
Oracle pushes massive critical patch update for July

Oracle pushes massive critical patch update for July

Pawn Storm zero day hole plugged.
Juha Saarinen Jul 15 2015 7:03AM Security
AWS releases virtual Android app testing environment

AWS releases virtual Android app testing environment

Automated simulation for scores of devices in the cloud.
Juha Saarinen Jul 15 2015 6:44AM Software
Hacking Team vows to continue with new spyware

Hacking Team vows to continue with new spyware

Claims not all source code was leaked.
Juha Saarinen Jul 14 2015 6:46AM Security
AWS offers API Gateway for back-ends in the cloud

AWS offers API Gateway for back-ends in the cloud

Promises to do all the heavy infrastructure lifting.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2015 11:54AM Software
Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export

Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export

Defence Trade Controls Act threatens to "criminalise" cryptology.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2015 9:32AM Security
DDoS attack downs iiNet services

DDoS attack downs iiNet services

Lengthy weekend outage.
Juha Saarinen Jul 13 2015 6:50AM Telco/ISP
More Aussie agencies wanted Hacking Team's spyware

More Aussie agencies wanted Hacking Team's spyware

ASIO, IBAC, state police contacted hacked spyware merchant.
Allie Coyne , Juha Saarinen Jul 10 2015 10:44AM Security
Xen patches admin privilege escalation vulnerability

Xen patches admin privilege escalation vulnerability

Allows admins with limited privileges to take full control.
Juha Saarinen Jul 10 2015 6:51AM Security
'High severity' flaw discovered in OpenSSL

'High severity' flaw discovered in OpenSSL

Certificate bypass check possible.
Juha Saarinen Jul 10 2015 6:13AM Security
Crypto experts slam govt encryption backdoor demands

Crypto experts slam govt encryption backdoor demands

Revisiting a bad idea considered an even worse idea.
Juha Saarinen Jul 8 2015 10:57AM Security
Nokia Networks testing drones for cell site optimisation

Nokia Networks testing drones for cell site optimisation

More efficient than people.
Juha Saarinen Jul 8 2015 9:30AM Telco/ISP
Fujitsu launches low-cost managed Chromebook service for ANZ

Fujitsu launches low-cost managed Chromebook service for ANZ

VDI for traditional corporate Windows apps.
Juha Saarinen Jul 8 2015 6:43AM Hardware
When spyware merchants get hacked

When spyware merchants get hacked

Hacking Team attack points to bad business practices all round.
Juha Saarinen Jul 7 2015 2:30PM Security
Hardware failure hits iiNet broadband, 3G data

Hardware failure hits iiNet broadband, 3G data

Mobile broadband data services affected throughout Australia.
Juha Saarinen Jul 7 2015 6:42AM Telco/ISP
Researcher withholds exploit details over export control concerns

Researcher withholds exploit details over export control concerns

Cites confusion created by Wassenaar Arrangement provisions.
Juha Saarinen Jul 6 2015 11:54AM Security
Microsoft Azure Australia East hit by outage

Microsoft Azure Australia East hit by outage

[Updated] Unknown network fault leaves customers cloudless.
Juha Saarinen Jul 3 2015 2:29PM Storage
'Zombie' network protocols become DDoS threats

'Zombie' network protocols become DDoS threats

Attackers won't let RIPv1 rest in peace.
Juha Saarinen Jul 3 2015 9:13AM Security

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