Upstream Labs conducts applied research in Consumer Internet Security,
focusing on emerging attack vectors such as phishing, brand abuse,
identity impersonation, and browser-based threats.
Research Areas
Phishing & Brand Abuse
Browser & App Security
Credential Theft & Data Exposure
Identity Impersonation & Abuse
Current Projects
Grizzly
A browser-based system for detecting phishing and brand impersonation
login pages before credentials are entered.
People
Ricardo was the co-founder and CTO of ThousandEyes, a leader in Digital Experience Monitoring that was acquired by Cisco in 2020.
While at ThousandEyes, he co-authored more than 20 patents.
Before founding ThousandEyes, Ricardo earned a PhD in Computer Science from UCLA, where he published over 20 papers in conferences such as SIGCOMM and IMC, and created one of the first Internet routing hijack detection systems.
Ricardo is also an angel investor in more than 40 startups, primarily in cybersecurity, infrastructure, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS.
Careers
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