<![CDATA[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.]]>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 drones. And, as it turns out, some of the technical challenges are very similar.

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After fighting malware for decades, this cybersecurity veteran is now hacking drones | TechCrunch

Mikko Hyppönen is one of the most recognizable faces of the cybersecurity industry. After fighting computer viruses, worms, and malware, for more than 35 years, he tells TechCrunch why he is now working on systems to stop killer drones.

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1) Form.A wasn't that widespread. It never arrived in my country, for instance. A better example for a really widespread boot sector virus is PingPong.A, which was literally everywhere, until PCs upgraded from 8088 to better CPUs, which that virus couldn't run on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bontchev/statuses/116347614127554914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bontchev/statuses/116347614127554914Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:28:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:21:08 GMT]]>@lorenzofb Drones are much more serious than most people assume. They create the sense of human garbage by gamification of war, and erode the sense of the civilian in the war doctrine. They are a game changer on the battlefield but also in politics, because the accountability of remote warfare is lower. The Huthis have drones, so do the Ukrainians. Some with 3d printed components.

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