Mikko Hyppönen
The Malware Historian
Three decades at F-Secure, and finding the authors of Brain
Rating
87Impact score
Domains
Malware analysisThreat researchPublic communication
Scouting report
Has been analysing malware at F-Secure since 1991, through the DOS virus era, Sasser and Blaster, Stuxnet and modern ransomware. Tracked down and interviewed the Pakistani brothers who wrote Brain, the first PC virus, twenty years after the fact. Formulated Hyppönen’s law — if it is smart, it is vulnerable — and is the researcher most often trusted to explain a live incident to the public.
Curator’s note
The continuity card. One person watched the entire history of malware happen.
Portrait
Painted from a photograph of Mikko Hyppönen by Ville Erkkilä, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
- 01Mikko Hyppönen en.wikipedia.org
- 02Brain (computer virus) en.wikipedia.org