Courtesy of F-Secure
- Laura Kankaala started as a white-hat hacker and now works for a cybersecurity firm in Finland.
- She said ransomware attacks used to be few and far between; now, new scams are appearing daily.
- Kankaala explains how online scams have evolved and how hackers use AI to target victims.
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Laura Kankaala, head of threat intelligence at F-Secure, a Finnish cybersecurity company. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I've always found hacking fascinating. Shadowy people who take advantage of weaknesses in technology. It had a mystique.