Mikko Hypponen does not need any introduction, he is a true star, one of those professionals who have indelibly marked the evolution of the cyber security industry.
I consider Mikko a legend, and I’m happy to share with you this interview.
Hi Mikko, you are a legend of the hacking community, can you tell more about your technical background? When did you start hacking?
I got my first computer (a Commodore 64) when I was 13 years old. I started programming in assembler on it almost immediately. I sold my first programs at age 16. Those early assembler skills are what eventually lead me to do virus analysis and reverse engineering, when I was 20. At the time, I was studying programming and found a part-time job at a local security company. I’m still doing malware analysis, 25 years later.
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