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Symbian security slip-up: Trojan passes security test
News Mikko Hyppönen, F-Secure's chief research officer, told ZDNet UK on Friday that the malware authors had probably tested their Trojan against the F-Secure antivirus engine to circumvent security measures. [20 Jul 2009]
Microsoft points to early Vista flaw
News However, Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer with Finnish security company F-Secure, has already said that the flaw it should not concern corporate or individual users as a malicious hacker can't take advantage of it... [28 Dec 2006]
Mobile malware: Two years on...
News Hyppönen explained: "Say you have 200 numbers in your phone and you get hit with Commwarrior. Hyppönen said: "Redbrowser starts to send text messages from your phone to that number - as many as it can,... [30 May 2006]
Sober attack shouldn't bite, say antivirus experts
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said: "There might be no attack at all. Hyppönen said: "We have listed URLs that we are recommending systems administrators block. The Sober... [04 Jan 2006]
First virus-infected Creative Zen MP3 players found
News Although there are no details of how the virus came to be on the MP3 players, Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at antivirus firm F-Secure, said an infected PC used during the Neeon testing phase may be responsible. [01 Sep 2005]
Virus writers target Windows Vista feature
News Five proof-of-concept viruses that target Monad, the next version of Microsoft's command prompt, were included in a recently published virus writing magazine, according to Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus... [05 Aug 2005]
Nokia phones targeted by Trojan
News Mikko Hyppönen, antivirus research director at Finland-based F-Secure, said: "At its best replication speed, Cabir can only spread as quickly as planes fly. CommWarrior has been seen in the wild since the beginning of... [08 Mar 2005]
Government issues MySpool alert
News We didn't think it was too important because we've seen before," said Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research for F-Secure. The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) has issued an alert... [31 Jan 2005]
Trojan attack threatens Symbian handsets
News Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus research at F-Secure said that users can reduce the risk of being infected by exercising caution. Be careful about what you download and where you download it from," said... [07 Jan 2005]
Firefox flaw found
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said this bug could make Firefox users vulnerable to cybercriminals. The most likely way we could see this exploited would be in phishing scams," said... [06 Jan 2005]
Worm takes aim at Google and Microsoft
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said that if Zafi.C is worse than Zafi.B there could be trouble because the second variant has been in the company's top 20 virus list since it was released. [28 Oct 2004]
Mac virus alert - users' details at risk
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said that viruses targeting the Macintosh system virtually disappeared in the late 1980s. We here at F-Secure used to have an antivirus product for Mac but... [25 Oct 2004]
'Netsky' variant belongs to Baba family
News F-Secure's director of antivirus research Mikko Hyppönen said: "I think [Cluley] is right. Antivirus companies have mislabelled a worm they thought belonged to the Netsky virus family, a security expert has said. [25 Oct 2004]
Virus writers undeterred by Microsoft bounty
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure said he is surprised that the group is still creating new variants when they know that Microsoft has offered a large reward if they are captured. [19 Oct 2004]
MyDoom worm still causing problems
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, warned that until the sites are brought down and the security holes closed, the worm, MyDoom.S, will continue to cause problems. As long as the sites are up and... [17 Aug 2004]
