Columbus CEO Magazine (from the Associated Press; Columbus, Ohio, July 22) -- At 14, future Illinois alumnus Marcin Kleczynski accidentally downloaded a virus into his parents’ computer, which was supposed to have been protected with anti-virus software. So he set about to understand how something like that could happen and launched his career in one of the tech industry’s hottest areas.
Related article: (July 18) -- Malwarebytes, the company founded to protect people and businesses from advanced online threats, announced it has received $30 million in Series A funding from Highland Capital Partners. The new financing will be used to accelerate the global expansion of Malwarebytes’ cutting-edge security technologies, which stop sophisticated threats that defeat traditional endpoint security products.