Robert Lemos is an award-winning freelance journalist. A former research engineer, he covers malware, hacking, cybercrime, and enterprise security technology for a number of publications, including eWEEK, PCWorld, and ThirdCertainty. He started delving into the darker side of the Internet when he began writing for ZDNet in 1997, and later CNET News.com, winning the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2003 for his coverage of the Blaster worm and its impact.