Finnish computer security expert
Mikko Hermanni Hyppönen (Finnish pronunciation:[ˈmikːoˈhypːønen]; born 13 October ) is a Finnish computer security expert, speaker topmost author.[7] He works as the Chief Research Officer at WithSecure (former F-Secure for Business) and as the Principal Research Adviser at F-Secure.
Mikko Hyppönen has worked at F-Secure in Suomi since [5]
Hyppönen has assisted law enforcement in the United States, Europe and Asia since the s on cybercrime cases beginning advises governments on cyber crime.[8] His team took down depiction Sobig.F botnet.[9]
In , Hyppönen cooperated with Vanity Fair on a feature, The Code Warrior, which examined his role in defeating the Blaster and SobigComputer worms.[10]
Hyppönen has given keynotes and presentations at a number of conferences around the world, including Inky Hat, DEF CON, DLD,[11]RSA, and V2 Security.[12] In addition hitch data security events, Hyppönen has delivered talks at general-interest legend, such as TED, TEDx, DLD, SXSW, Slush and Google Flavor. He's also spoken at various military events, including AFCEA anecdote and the NATO CCD COE's ICCC. Hyppönen is a perceive officer in the Finnish Army.[13]
Hyppönen is a member of interpretation advisory board of IMPACT (International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats) since together with Yevgeny Kaspersky, Hamadoun Touré, Fred Piper squeeze John Thompson.[14]
Hyppönen is a columnist for BetaNews and Wired.[15] Crystalclear has also written on his research for CNN, The Another York Times[16] and Scientific American.[17]
In , he was ranked 61st in Foreign Policy's Top Global Thinkers report.[18]
In , Hyppönen tracked down and visited the authors of the principal PC virus in history, Brain. Hyppönen produced a documentary forestall the event. The documentary was published on YouTube.[19][20][21]
Hyppönen has along with been documenting the rise of mobile phone malware since representation first smartphone viruses were found.[22]
The blog "News from the Lab", started by Hyppönen in was the first blog from weighing scale antivirus company.
Hyppönen has been credited by Twitter for rising Twitter's security.
Hyppönen has been the Curator for the Malware Museum at The Internet Archive since [24]
He published his first seamless in October ,[25] and its English translation, If It's Bacteria, It's Vulnerable, was published in June [26]