Mikko Hyppönen MEMBER_OF F-Secure
Mikko states that he is the chief research officer of F-Secure.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details
“I am the chief research officer for F-Secure Corporation”
Organisation
organisation:f_secure
Security company identified as having tracked Regin around 2013.
Security company identified as having tracked Regin around 2013.
“F-Secure around the same time, too”
Finnish security company whose researchers analyzed compromised poker-player laptops and historical malware.
“I am the chief research officer for F-Secure Corporation which is a security company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | WHOIS records | Explicit | 74 |
| outgoing | USES | Virtual machine malware analysis | Explicit | 74 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Mikko Hyppönen | Explicit | 74 |
| incoming | SAME_AS | Data Fellows | Explicit | 74 |
Mikko Hyppönen MEMBER_OF F-Secure
Mikko states that he is the chief research officer of F-Secure.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details
“I am the chief research officer for F-Secure Corporation”
Data Fellows SAME_AS F-Secure
Mikko says Data Fellows was renamed F-Secure in 1999 and that it is the same company.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details
“The company isn’t called Data Fellows anymore because we renamed the company to F-Secure in 1999”
“But yeah, it is the same company.”
F-Secure USES WHOIS records
F-Secure researchers use WHOIS records, including historical WHOIS records, to help identify people involved with malware.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details
“one of the most typical ways we have been able to figure out who’s involved with a piece of malware is WHOIS records.”
F-Secure USES Virtual machine malware analysis
Mikko describes F-Secure's malware-analysis approach of executing malware in a virtual machine so it can decrypt and reveal its payload.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details
“we would simply execute the malware in a virtual machine”