Credibility (Score 1)

Slashdot readers never cease to amaze me, before attacking an author and downplaying their work with comments like "silly woman" you should actually take a look at the 20 years of continual involvement she has had with the anti-virus community. Sarah is so respected within the anti-virus community that companies feel the need to post a press release just to announce that they snagged her. (http://www.symantec.com/press/2001/n010103a.html) Most of her work on the psychology of virus writers was performed at IBM's Thomas Watson research center. For an in-depth analysis of the research that went into some of her statements check out the following links to articles and award winning conference papers written by her on the subject:

The Generic Virus Writer
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/SciP apers/Go rdon/GenericVirusWriter.html

The Generic Virus Writer II
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/SciPaper s/Go rdon/GVWII.html

Inside the Mind of Dark Avenger
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/Sci Papers/Go rdon/Avenger.html

Who Writes This Stuff
http://www.commandsoftware.com/virus/writes .html

Virus Writers: The End of The Innocence?
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/ SciPapers/VB 2000SG.htm

Faces Behind the Masks
http://members.chello.at/erikajo/lminterv.t xt