RSAC2010: F-Secure

March 6th, 2010 admin

While I’m sure Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure , is getting as tired as hearing the term APT* as the rest of us are, he had some insight into what’s really happening with this threat and the fact that it’s not something new, it’s just the acknowledgment that it’s happening that’s new.


Originally posted on McKeay

 
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