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Noted speaker, Mikko Hypponen, cancels RSA talk in protest to NSA collaboration allegations

posted onDecember 24, 2013
by l33tdawg

In a letter to Joseph Tucci, and Art Coviello, F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen says he is canceling his talk at the 2014 RSA Conference, due to the company's deal with the NSA.

Mikko Hypponen, a widely known security expert and speaker, has given many presentations at the RSA Conference over the years. However, his talk scheduled for the 2014 RSA Conference in February, "Governments as Malware Authors" isn't going to happen.

Mikko's world: Governments, factories and washing machines

posted onSeptember 27, 2012
by l33tdawg

WHEN the Stuxnet virus was first detected back in June 2010, its true purpose was unknown.
 
Security experts were only able to confirm that it was a Windows worm that spread via USB sticks and once inside an organization, it could also spread by copying itself to network shares if they had weak passwords.
 

Bruce Schneier on Flame-Like Malware: It's All About the Way It Spreads

posted onJune 20, 2012
by l33tdawg

F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen has recently explained why security companies have failed to catch malware like Duqu, Stuxnet and Flame before they became widely known.

In an article written for Wired, Hypponen admitted that the antivirus industry had failed because it couldn’t see that Flame, which had been in their possession since 2010, could pose a serious threat.

F-Secure Explains Why It Missed Spotting Flame, Despite Having Seen It Two Years Ago

posted onJune 6, 2012
by l33tdawg

With all the attention on the Flame malware, there's a great post over at Wired by F-Secure's Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen, explaining why various security firms totally missed Flame (and Stuxnet and DuQu) for quite some time -- despite samples having been sent all the way back to 2010. What's refreshing (even as it's surprising) is to see someone so forthright about this being a failure on his part:

Mikko Hypponen believes CISPA is the key to stopping cyber criminals

posted onApril 18, 2012
by l33tdawg

The controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been praised by F-Secure's chief researcher officer Mikko Hypponen, who argues it will aid law enforcement in the ongoing war against cyber criminals.

Hypponen, who has advised numerous law enforcement and government agencies on cyber policy and defence, told V3 CISPA is a move in the right direction. The bill is the antithesis of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) bills and will help fight cyber crime, he said.

Porn app hides Trojan to target Android smartphones warns F-Secure

posted onJanuary 31, 2012
by l33tdawg

New malware targeting Android smartphones and mobile devices has been uncovered by F Secure.

The Trojan, which the security company has christened with the catchy name Trojan:Android/FakeRegSMS.B hides a PNG file that allows it to hijack a person's phone and send premium rate text messages.

F-Secure outlines the 2011 Mac malware scene

posted onJanuary 20, 2012
by l33tdawg

Over the past year we have regularly covered new malware threats that have emerged for OS X, which included attacks like MacDefender, BlackHole RAT, Flashback, and Revir, among a number of others.

While our coverage of these threats may make them appear significant, when looking at the overall Mac malware scene in review it's apparent that despite the increase in Mac malware prevalence, the threats for the Mac platform are still quite minimal. Additionally, data suggests Mac malware trends may not follow market share as many suspect it does.