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Mikko Hyppönen

{{Short description|Finnish computer security expert}}

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| birth_name = Mikko Hermanni Hyppönen

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| nationality = Finnish

| other_names = Mikko Hypponen

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| occupation = Chief Research Officer for WithSecure
Principal Research Advisor for F-Secure

| awards = CISO MAG Cybersecurity Person of the Year 2020{{Cite web|title=CISO MAG Cybersecurity Person of the Year (2020)|url=https://cisomag.eccouncil.org/ciso-mags-cybersecurity-person-of-the-year-2020/|access-date=2020-12-13|website=CISO MAG |language=en-US}}

#61 Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers in 2011{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,40#thinker61 |title=The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers}}

Virus Bulletin Award for Best educator in the anti-malware industry 2010{{Cite web |url=http://www.virusbtn.com/pdf/magazine/2010/201011.pdf |title=Conference report, Vancouver expedition |author=Helen Martin |date=November 2010 |accessdate=2012-08-06 |pages=6–7}}{{cite web |url=http://mikko.hypponen.com/bio.htm |title=short bio}}

#43 on the 50 Most Important People on the Web 2007 list by PC World{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,129301/printable.html |title=50 Most Important People on the Web |date=March 5, 2007 |access-date=October 15, 2011 |archive-date=October 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020194245/http://www.pcworld.com/article/129301-7/the_50_most_important_people_on_the_web.html |url-status=dead }}

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Mikko Hyppönen ({{IPA|fi|ˈmikːo ˈhypːønen}}; born 13 October 1969) is a Finnish computer security expert, speaker and author.{{Cite web|title=Books by Mikko Hyppönen|url=https://mikko.com/books|language=en-US}} He is known for the Hyppönen Law on IoT security, which states that whenever an appliance is described as being "smart", it is vulnerable.{{Cite journal |date=2018-11-13 |title=Hypponen’s Law: If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable |url=https://www.waterisac.org/portal/hypponen%E2%80%99s-law-if-it%E2%80%99s-smart-it%E2%80%99s-vulnerable |journal=WaterISAC }} He works as the Chief Research Officer at WithSecure (former F-Secure for Business) and as the Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure.

Career

Mikko Hyppönen has worked at F-Secure in Finland since 1991.

Hyppönen has assisted law enforcement in the United States, Europe and Asia since the 1990s on cybercrime cases and advises governments on cyber crime.{{cite web |url=http://www.tedxrdam.nl/performers/mikko-hypponen/ |title=Mikko Hypponen background at TEDxRotterdam}} His team took down the Sobig.F botnet.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/mikko_hypponen |title=TED profile}}

In 2004, Hyppönen cooperated with Vanity Fair on a feature, The Code Warrior, which examined his role in defeating the Blaster and Sobig Computer worms.{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Shnayerson |title=The Code Warrior |date=January 2004 |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/01/virus-hunters-200401 |magazine=Vanity Fair |accessdate=2013-09-13}}

Hyppönen has given keynotes and presentations at a number of conferences around the world, including Black Hat, DEF CON, DLD,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TMFRO66Wv4 |title=Mikko Hypponen: Behind Enemy Lines (Hack In The Box Security Conference 2012)|website=YouTube }} RSA, and V2 Security.{{cite web | url=https://www.v2security.dk/v2security/speaker/424632/mikko-hypp%C3%B6nen?i=9KPT_uPpjjEsSQDr9S1elN8bIwmtX5ck | title=Speaker Details: V2 Security }} In addition to data security events, Hyppönen has delivered talks at general-interest events, such as TED, TEDx, DLD, SXSW, Slush and Google Zeitgeist. He's also spoken at various military events, including AFCEA events and the NATO CCD COE's ICCC. Hyppönen is a reserve officer in the Finnish Army.{{cite web |url=http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/7de7de0047678fdb9215baf9f59cc682/pv_vsk2010_net_eng.pdf?MOD=AJPERES#page=13 |title=The Finnish Defence Forces Annual Report 2010}}

Hyppönen is a member of the advisory board of IMPACT (International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats) since 2007 together with Yevgeny Kaspersky, Hamadoun Touré, Fred Piper and John Thompson.{{cite web |url=http://www.impact-alliance.org/aboutus/profile-of-IAB-members.html |title=List of the members of the advisory board of IMPACT |access-date=2011-10-17 |archive-date=2015-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329120358/http://www.impact-alliance.org/aboutus/profile-of-IAB-members.html |url-status=dead }}

Hyppönen is a columnist for BetaNews and Wired.{{cite news |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/06/internet-security-fail/ |title=Wired Columns by Mikko Hypponen |date=2012-06-01}} He has also written on his research for CNN, The New York Times{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/04/do-cyberattacks-on-iran-make-us-vulnerable-12/a-pandoras-box-we-will-regret-opening|title=A Pandora's Box We Will Regret Opening|date=2012-06-05|author=Mikko Hyppönnen|website=The New York Times }} and Scientific American.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/author/mikko-hypponen/|title=Articles by Mikko Hyppönen|publisher=Scientific American}}

In 2011, he was ranked 61st in Foreign Policy{{'}}s Top 100 Global Thinkers report.Foreign Policy. [https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,40#thinker61 The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers]. December 2011.

Computer security history

In 2011, Hyppönen tracked down and visited the authors of the first PC virus in history, Brain. Hyppönen produced a documentary of the event. The documentary was published on YouTube.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnedOWfPKT0 |title=YouTube – Brain: Searching for the first PC virus in Pakistan|website=YouTube }}{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/03/documentary-examines-the-inception-of-pc-viruses-25-years-ago/1 |title=USA Today – Documentary examines the inception of PC viruses 25 years ago |date=2011-03-08}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net |title= Fighting viruses, defending the net |date= 19 July 2011 |publisher=TED}}

Hyppönen has also been documenting the rise of mobile phone malware since the first smartphone viruses were found.{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Malware_Goes_Mobile.pdf |title=Scientific American – Malware Goes Mobile}}

The blog "News from the Lab", started by Hyppönen in 2004 was the first blog from any antivirus company.

Hyppönen has been credited by Twitter for improving Twitter's security.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/about/security |title=Twitter Security – The following people have helped us keep Twitter safe for everyone. We very much appreciate their efforts. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710072124/https://about.twitter.com/company/security |archivedate=2014-07-10}}

Hyppönen has been the Curator for the Malware Museum at The Internet Archive since 2016.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/malwaremuseum|title=The Malware Museum}}

He published his first book in October 2021,{{Cite web |title=Kirja - WSOY |url=https://www.wsoy.fi/kirja/mikko-hypponen/internet/9789510464410 |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=www.wsoy.fi |language=fi}} and its English translation, If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable, was published in June 2022.{{Cite web |title=If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/If+It%27s+Smart%2C+It%27s+Vulnerable-p-9781119895206 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Wiley |language=en-us}}

See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net "Fighting viruses, defending the net" (TEDGlobal 2011)]
  • [http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack "Three types of online attack" (TEDxBrussels 2011)]
  • [http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act "How the NSA betrayed the world's trust — time to act" (TEDxBrussels 2013)]
  • [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/computer-science/events/2022/apr/peter-kirstein-lecture-series-2022-presents-age-cybercrime-unicorn-mikko-hypponen Cybercrime Unicorns] lecture at University College London, April 2022
  • Hyppönen and Nyman (2017), [http://timreview.ca/article/1066 The Internet of (Vulnerable) Things: On Hyppönen's Law, Security Engineering, and IoT Legislation]. Technology Innovation Management Review, 7(4) 5–11.
  • [http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=07HELSINKI182&hl=rock+stars References on Embassy cables] leaked by WikiLeaks
  • Jake Edge: [https://lwn.net/Articles/571875/ Living with the surveillance state] a summary of Hyppönen's talk at LinuxCon Europe 2013. LWN.net
  • 10. April 2017, TTÜ Haridustehnoloogiakeskus, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGaUu5SpbrE&t=25m48s& Public lecture by Mikko Hyppönen at Mektory], youtube.com

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