Mikko Hypponen
Mikko Hypponen
Mikko Hermanni Hyppönenis a computer security expert and columnist...
NationalityAmerican
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CountryUnited States of America
actively attack block everybody involved knows later lay likely low malicious might rather virus writer
There might be no attack at all. As everybody knows about the attack, the virus writer may lay low and attack at a later date. The ISPs involved can actively block malicious postings. It's more likely the attacker will lay low or be blocked, rather than succeed.
companies competition direct fierce friendly knows publicly seems technical time
It's not publicly known, but antivirus companies co-operate all the time. On the surface, antivirus vendors are direct competitors. And in fact, the competition is fierce on the sales and marketing side. But on the technical side, we're actually very friendly to each other. It seems that everyone knows everyone else.
infection worst
It's still climbing. It's not the worst we've seen, but the infection is sizable.
attack everybody hoping looks major patch succeeding
Everybody was hoping they would get the patch out before a major attack would start. Now it looks like they are succeeding in doing just that. Well done.
accept phone spread user
Not one of these is able to spread by itself, always the user of the phone has to accept installing of the virus.
file love names people quite realistic saw sends social uses
It's really quite clever, ... It uses realistic file names and sends those to people you know. It's social engineering, just like we saw with Love Letter.
glad guy message stupid type
I'm glad the guy was stupid enough to get caught. If you have to write viruses, something like the type of message is not bad.
emerge happened mobile sure took viruses
It took 15 years for the first moneymaking viruses to emerge for the PC. On the mobile side, I'm sure it will happen. It just hasn't happened yet.
affects computers security
The vulnerability probably affects more computers than any other security vulnerability, ever.
avoided boot cleaned computers everybody happen home machines majority people problem until vast work
(The) vast majority of the machines infected...are home computers. Nothing will happen on them until people get home from work and boot up their machines. We'd like to think that they whole problem was avoided and everybody cleaned up their machines in time. But unfortunately, that's probably not true.
alarming appear biggest build competing gangs infected network seem three turning worms
We seem to have a botwar on our hands. There appear to be three different virus-writing gangs turning out new worms at an alarming rate, as if they would be competing who would build the biggest network of infected machines.
alarming appears biggest build competing gangs infected network rate seem three turning worms
We seem to have a botwar on our hands. There appears to be three different virus-writing gangs turning out new worms at an alarming rate  as if they would be competing who would build the biggest network of infected machines.
alarming appears biggest build competing gangs infected network rate seem three turning worms
We seem to have a botwar on our hands, ... There appears to be three different virus-writing gangs turning out new worms at an alarming rate  as if they would be competing who would build the biggest network of infected machines.
alarming appears biggest build competing gangs infected network rate seem three turning worms
We seem to have a botwar on our hands, ... There appears to be three different virus-writing gangs turning out new worms at an alarming rate  as if they would be competing who would build the biggest network of infected machines.