As senior security researcher in Cisco SIO, Mary Landesman is responsible for ongoing management and analysis of data as well as reporting on the latest Web-based threats and security trends. Mary provides real-time expert analysis and insight on Web threats and scams, tips on how to protect corporate assets from infection and observations on the threat landscape.
Mary has over a dozen years of experience working in the antivirus and security industry, joining just prior to the first macro viruses. During that time, she has served as Technical Support Supervisor for Command Software Systems (now Authentium), Product Manager for behavior-based InDefense, Inc., and as Response Coordinator for FrontBridge Technologies during the height of the email worm outbreaks. She has also consulted to various other security firms throughout the years, including Shavlik Technologies and Trend Micro. In her spare time, Mary writes about information security and anti-malware topics. Her work has been published in a variety of publications, including Virus Bulletin, Elsevier, PC World, and ZDNet. She also manages the consumer-focused antivirus.about.com website. Prior to joining ScanSafe, Mary was senior content manager for the Microsoft Anti-Malware Research and Response Team.
The Cisco 4Q10 Global Threat Report is now available for download. The report showcases data from the 4th calendar quarter (October 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010). The report also provides a snapshot of Rustock activity for the second half of 2010, as well as the year over year Web malware encounter rates from 2007 – 2010.
We’ve just posted the second installment of our Cisco quarterly threat report covering the third quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2010). Where most threat reports focus on a specific vector (i.e. email, Web, desktop detections, etc.), our goal is to provide threat data across a wider segment to more holistically capture high profile events impacting the enterprise.
Today we released the Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report , a report that provides a high level and thought provoking discussion of the technological, economic, and [...]
