2012: a year in which even Pope Benedict XVI started to Tweet his pontifications.Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012Like it or not, Twitter is the place where important conversations are happening.And so we present to you our 2012: #yearinreview via @mikko's Tweets. Part 1 — January to June:January 3, 2012Q: How many of the Fortune 500 are compromised? A: 500.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 3, 2012January 9, 2012Government must be watching me. I've been checking Google Maps for a year and the same white van has been parked outside my house EVERY DAY.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 9, 2012January 15, 2012"cl0wned" [cləʊned], adjective. Definition: description of what you are once your cloud service gets 0wned.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 15, 2012January 26, 2012So...why are traffic cones shaped after the VLC logo?— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 26, 2012January 30, 2012Hey @skype, do you guys have any idea how the US authorities gained access to the Skype chat logs between Megaupload employees?— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 30, 2012February 4, 2012Out of all the possible parties, it's the *entertainment industry* that is working hardest to bring us internet censorship. What the hell.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) February 4, 2012February 12, 2012I wonder how many VoIP support calls end abruptly when the tech support asks the user to reboot the modem.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) February 12, 2012March 21, 2012Try 'ping 192.168.XXX' Then explain why it works. #nice— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) March 21, 2012April 5, 2012Oh boy, I'm so glad my work laptop runs Windows. So I don't have to worry about all those OS X trojans.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 5, 2012April 7, 2012Now that USA Today is linking to our Flashback removal instructions, I can imagine old people in Kansas typing grep -a -o 'ldpath[ -~]*'— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 7, 2012April 12, 2012"Please choose another password to create your account. The password you attempted is already used by user JENKINS."— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 12, 2012April 22, 2012General: "So, how do we get Stuxnet 2 in Iran?" Sergeant: "Let's crash an infected drone there? They'll surely try to reverse engineer it"— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 22, 2012June 6, 2012LinkedIn must be making a small fortune from the ad traffic today, as *everyone* logs in to change their password.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 6, 2012June 8, 2012I know what I'll do. I'll add an AUTORUN.INF to all my USB sticks. When run, it will just turn off AutoRun and exit.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 8, 2012June 8, 2012So...I wonder if Microsoft is going to issue one of their $250,000 bounties to track the authors of Flame? And if not, why not?— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 8, 2012June 9, 2012Cyberwar. What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 9, 2012June 11, 2012If Flame was done in USA, it would mean that Microsoft Update was hacked by a US Goverment Agency. Microsoft must be mad as hell.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 11, 2012June 21, 2012Nuclear physics lost its innocence in 1945. Computer science lost its innocence in 2009.#stuxnet— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 21, 2012June 28, 2012iPhone is 5 years old today. After 5 years, not a single serious malware case. It's not just luck; we need to congratulate Apple on this.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 28, 20122012: #yearinreview, Part 22012: #yearinreview, Part 3
Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012
Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.
Q: How many of the Fortune 500 are compromised? A: 500.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 3, 2012
Q: How many of the Fortune 500 are compromised? A: 500.
Government must be watching me. I've been checking Google Maps for a year and the same white van has been parked outside my house EVERY DAY.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 9, 2012
Government must be watching me. I've been checking Google Maps for a year and the same white van has been parked outside my house EVERY DAY.
"cl0wned" [cləʊned], adjective. Definition: description of what you are once your cloud service gets 0wned.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 15, 2012
"cl0wned" [cləʊned], adjective. Definition: description of what you are once your cloud service gets 0wned.
So...why are traffic cones shaped after the VLC logo?— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 26, 2012
So...why are traffic cones shaped after the VLC logo?
Hey @skype, do you guys have any idea how the US authorities gained access to the Skype chat logs between Megaupload employees?— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 30, 2012
Hey @skype, do you guys have any idea how the US authorities gained access to the Skype chat logs between Megaupload employees?
Out of all the possible parties, it's the *entertainment industry* that is working hardest to bring us internet censorship. What the hell.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) February 4, 2012
Out of all the possible parties, it's the *entertainment industry* that is working hardest to bring us internet censorship. What the hell.
I wonder how many VoIP support calls end abruptly when the tech support asks the user to reboot the modem.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) February 12, 2012
I wonder how many VoIP support calls end abruptly when the tech support asks the user to reboot the modem.
Try 'ping 192.168.XXX' Then explain why it works. #nice— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) March 21, 2012
Try 'ping 192.168.XXX' Then explain why it works. #nice
Oh boy, I'm so glad my work laptop runs Windows. So I don't have to worry about all those OS X trojans.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 5, 2012
Oh boy, I'm so glad my work laptop runs Windows. So I don't have to worry about all those OS X trojans.
Now that USA Today is linking to our Flashback removal instructions, I can imagine old people in Kansas typing grep -a -o 'ldpath[ -~]*'— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 7, 2012
Now that USA Today is linking to our Flashback removal instructions, I can imagine old people in Kansas typing grep -a -o 'ldpath[ -~]*'
"Please choose another password to create your account. The password you attempted is already used by user JENKINS."— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 12, 2012
"Please choose another password to create your account. The password you attempted is already used by user JENKINS."
General: "So, how do we get Stuxnet 2 in Iran?" Sergeant: "Let's crash an infected drone there? They'll surely try to reverse engineer it"— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) April 22, 2012
General: "So, how do we get Stuxnet 2 in Iran?" Sergeant: "Let's crash an infected drone there? They'll surely try to reverse engineer it"
LinkedIn must be making a small fortune from the ad traffic today, as *everyone* logs in to change their password.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 6, 2012
LinkedIn must be making a small fortune from the ad traffic today, as *everyone* logs in to change their password.
I know what I'll do. I'll add an AUTORUN.INF to all my USB sticks. When run, it will just turn off AutoRun and exit.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 8, 2012
I know what I'll do. I'll add an AUTORUN.INF to all my USB sticks. When run, it will just turn off AutoRun and exit.
So...I wonder if Microsoft is going to issue one of their $250,000 bounties to track the authors of Flame? And if not, why not?— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 8, 2012
So...I wonder if Microsoft is going to issue one of their $250,000 bounties to track the authors of Flame? And if not, why not?
Cyberwar. What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 9, 2012
Cyberwar. What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
If Flame was done in USA, it would mean that Microsoft Update was hacked by a US Goverment Agency. Microsoft must be mad as hell.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 11, 2012
If Flame was done in USA, it would mean that Microsoft Update was hacked by a US Goverment Agency. Microsoft must be mad as hell.
Nuclear physics lost its innocence in 1945. Computer science lost its innocence in 2009.#stuxnet— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 21, 2012
Nuclear physics lost its innocence in 1945. Computer science lost its innocence in 2009.#stuxnet
iPhone is 5 years old today. After 5 years, not a single serious malware case. It's not just luck; we need to congratulate Apple on this.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) June 28, 2012
iPhone is 5 years old today. After 5 years, not a single serious malware case. It's not just luck; we need to congratulate Apple on this.
