A profile of Mikko Hyppönen, a cybersecurity veteran who pivoted from fighting malware to developing anti-drone systems for law enforcement and the military
Mikko Hyppönen is pacing back and forth on the stage, with his trademark dark blonde ponytail resting on an impeccable teal suit.
Mikko out here doing meaningful work against a very real threat while the rest of the industry pivots to “securing AI” to stop companies conducting industrial-scale self harm in their mindless rush to leverage LLMs at any cost to find efficiency gains that only exist in pitch dec…
@lorenzofb Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on bluesky
NEW: I spoke to cybersecurity legend Mikko Hyppönen about his decades-long fight against computers viruses first, and then malware — and how computers have gotten safer over time. — Mikko also told me why he has decided to now turn his focus to fight another enemy: killer drone…