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November 28, 2006
The Devil Wore Malware And WiFi Worms On Planes
Selling software to secure computer data and online services is kind of a dull business, unless of course someone like F-Secure's Mikko Hyponnen is doing the talking, and then it sounds like the trailer for an upcoming Hollywood thriller.
Our fllippancy here is only a pose, we actually believe that a few more tech executives Europe could be learning about public relations from Hyponnen. F-Secure's stock performance over the past five years would be one reason we've formed that opinion.
The security software company's chief research officer is interviewed by Bruno Giussani, a journalist and conference producer, over at the Lunch Over IP blog. It is an entertaining piece that describes the latest scary security threats: WiFi worms and professional bands of malware software developers whose intent is to separate PC users from their savings.
F-Secure was ahead of the curve in identifying wireless security threats and Hyponnen recalls that the first mobile phone virus was found in 2004 and since then 335 mobile phone viruses have hit the airwaves. Then he talks about what's next:
Wi-Fi worms, jumping from one Windows laptop to another, reaching organizations' internal network as people physically carry the infection in, bypassing corporate firewalls.
The Wi-Fi worm threat sounds a bit Like Snakes On A Plane, but we've little doubt that F-Secure has the right call on this one.
Hyponnen also talked about the evolution of viruses and their creators too.
In place of widespread malware assaults, 2006 has been characterized by targeted attacks which generally do not make the headlines and which have typically one single motivation: money. . . practically all new Windows viruses are written to make money. We're no longer fighting teenagers and hobbyists. We're fighting criminals. We're fighting professionals. We're fighting organized activity.
Read - Mikko Hypponen on the next data-security threat: beware the wi-fi worms( Lunch Over IP blog)
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