Here's part 2 of our 2012: #yearinreview — July to September.July 4, 2012Thank you CERN. For creating the web. And also, for finding the boson. #science— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 4, 2012July 10, 2012While you do that Google search, consider that Google's annual electricity bill is about $120,000,000. Yet you pay no money for the service.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 10, 2012July 12, 2012I'm really surprised that Yahoo leaked 450,000 user passwords. I had no idea Yahoo still had that many users.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 12, 2012July 16, 2012"Milware" [mil-we:r], noun. Malware written by militaries.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 16, 2012July 16, 2012Fun fact of the day: Yahoo was an early investor in a startup called Google.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 16, 2012July 22, 2012Linux has a lot of catching up to do. They just released version 3.5 and Windows is already at version 7.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 22, 2012July 26, 2012Overheard at #Blackhat: "He's so boring that the hackers who stole his identity later returned it"— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 26, 2012July 30, 2012Sufficiently advanced trolling is indistinguishable from thought leadership.- Cliff Moon— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 30, 2012July 29, 2012Once, again they misspelled my name in the #Blackhat name badge... twitpic.com/ad84svHere's my badge from 2011: twitpic.com/6055l8— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 29, 2012July 31, 2012Can objects printed with a 3D printer be tracked back to the printer that created it? Innocent question.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 31, 2012July 31, 2012They are called 'Bullet Points' because Death by Powerpoint.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 31, 2012August 6, 2012% ping curiosity.mars.jpl.nasa.govReply from 198.122.199.235: bytes=32 time=1680000ms TTL=58— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 6, 2012August 6, 2012Mars Curiosity rover on-board computer specs: CPU: 200MHz,RAM: 256MB,SSD: 2GB -iPhone specs: CPU: 800MHz,RAM: 512MB,SSD: 64GB#MSL— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 6, 2012August 16, 2012Turns out that if you are not on Facebook you are weird, and maybe a bit suspicious. Maybe a terrorist. Definitely have something to hide.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 16, 2012August 23, 2012Tip of the day: You can paste URLs to Windows File Open dialogs. For example, start Paint, hit Ctrl-O and paste http://i․imgur․com/gdILk.jpg— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 23, 2012August 28, 2012Linux distributions are really lacking in their support for some of the most common Windows software. For example, most malware won't work.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 28, 2012September 10, 2012Leak of the year. pastebin.com/2qbRKh3R— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 10, 2012September 12, 2012silver surfer(noun): an older, esp retired, person who uses the Internet -Collins English Dictionary � HarperCollins— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 12, 2012September 19, 2012Tip: Insert unique fake users and customers into your production databases, then set up a Google Alert to notify you if they get leaked.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 19, 2012September 20, 2012New rule: If your Twitter account gets hacked due to a weak password, you owe a beer to everybody who received spam from you.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 20, 2012September 21, 2012JFK International Airport on iOS 6 Maps. twitpic.com/awzcoo— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 21, 2012September 28, 2012There's no criminal investigation to find the authors of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame. Apparently it's not a crime when the governments do it.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 28, 20122012: #yearinreview, Part 12012: #yearinreview, Part 3
Thank you CERN. For creating the web. And also, for finding the boson. #science— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 4, 2012
Thank you CERN. For creating the web. And also, for finding the boson. #science
While you do that Google search, consider that Google's annual electricity bill is about $120,000,000. Yet you pay no money for the service.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 10, 2012
While you do that Google search, consider that Google's annual electricity bill is about $120,000,000. Yet you pay no money for the service.
I'm really surprised that Yahoo leaked 450,000 user passwords. I had no idea Yahoo still had that many users.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 12, 2012
I'm really surprised that Yahoo leaked 450,000 user passwords. I had no idea Yahoo still had that many users.
"Milware" [mil-we:r], noun. Malware written by militaries.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 16, 2012
"Milware" [mil-we:r], noun. Malware written by militaries.
Fun fact of the day: Yahoo was an early investor in a startup called Google.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 16, 2012
Fun fact of the day: Yahoo was an early investor in a startup called Google.
Linux has a lot of catching up to do. They just released version 3.5 and Windows is already at version 7.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 22, 2012
Linux has a lot of catching up to do. They just released version 3.5 and Windows is already at version 7.
Overheard at #Blackhat: "He's so boring that the hackers who stole his identity later returned it"— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 26, 2012
Overheard at #Blackhat: "He's so boring that the hackers who stole his identity later returned it"
Sufficiently advanced trolling is indistinguishable from thought leadership.- Cliff Moon— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 30, 2012
Sufficiently advanced trolling is indistinguishable from thought leadership.- Cliff Moon
Once, again they misspelled my name in the #Blackhat name badge... twitpic.com/ad84svHere's my badge from 2011: twitpic.com/6055l8— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 29, 2012
Once, again they misspelled my name in the #Blackhat name badge... twitpic.com/ad84svHere's my badge from 2011: twitpic.com/6055l8
Can objects printed with a 3D printer be tracked back to the printer that created it? Innocent question.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 31, 2012
Can objects printed with a 3D printer be tracked back to the printer that created it? Innocent question.
They are called 'Bullet Points' because Death by Powerpoint.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 31, 2012
They are called 'Bullet Points' because Death by Powerpoint.
% ping curiosity.mars.jpl.nasa.govReply from 198.122.199.235: bytes=32 time=1680000ms TTL=58— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 6, 2012
% ping curiosity.mars.jpl.nasa.govReply from 198.122.199.235: bytes=32 time=1680000ms TTL=58
Mars Curiosity rover on-board computer specs: CPU: 200MHz,RAM: 256MB,SSD: 2GB -iPhone specs: CPU: 800MHz,RAM: 512MB,SSD: 64GB#MSL— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 6, 2012
Mars Curiosity rover on-board computer specs: CPU: 200MHz,RAM: 256MB,SSD: 2GB -iPhone specs: CPU: 800MHz,RAM: 512MB,SSD: 64GB#MSL
Turns out that if you are not on Facebook you are weird, and maybe a bit suspicious. Maybe a terrorist. Definitely have something to hide.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 16, 2012
Turns out that if you are not on Facebook you are weird, and maybe a bit suspicious. Maybe a terrorist. Definitely have something to hide.
Tip of the day: You can paste URLs to Windows File Open dialogs. For example, start Paint, hit Ctrl-O and paste http://i․imgur․com/gdILk.jpg— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 23, 2012
Tip of the day: You can paste URLs to Windows File Open dialogs. For example, start Paint, hit Ctrl-O and paste http://i․imgur․com/gdILk.jpg
Linux distributions are really lacking in their support for some of the most common Windows software. For example, most malware won't work.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) August 28, 2012
Linux distributions are really lacking in their support for some of the most common Windows software. For example, most malware won't work.
Leak of the year. pastebin.com/2qbRKh3R— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 10, 2012
Leak of the year. pastebin.com/2qbRKh3R
silver surfer(noun): an older, esp retired, person who uses the Internet -Collins English Dictionary � HarperCollins— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 12, 2012
silver surfer(noun): an older, esp retired, person who uses the Internet -Collins English Dictionary � HarperCollins
Tip: Insert unique fake users and customers into your production databases, then set up a Google Alert to notify you if they get leaked.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 19, 2012
Tip: Insert unique fake users and customers into your production databases, then set up a Google Alert to notify you if they get leaked.
New rule: If your Twitter account gets hacked due to a weak password, you owe a beer to everybody who received spam from you.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 20, 2012
New rule: If your Twitter account gets hacked due to a weak password, you owe a beer to everybody who received spam from you.
JFK International Airport on iOS 6 Maps. twitpic.com/awzcoo— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 21, 2012
JFK International Airport on iOS 6 Maps. twitpic.com/awzcoo
There's no criminal investigation to find the authors of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame. Apparently it's not a crime when the governments do it.— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) September 28, 2012
There's no criminal investigation to find the authors of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame. Apparently it's not a crime when the governments do it.
