Research firm posts own Half-Life patch
News Earlier this week, US-based PivX Solutions issued an advisory warning of three high-risk buffer-overflow vulnerabilities it discovered in Half-Life, a popular first person shooter (FPS) game. In addition, they also allow "limitless and complete...
[July 31, 2003, 11:55]
Game server flaw poses attack threat
News In an advisory posted to the company's Web site, security consultancy PivX Solutions stated that popular multiplayer games that have servers supporting the GameSpy network -- such as "Quake 3: Arena," "Unreal Tournament 2003" and "Battlefield 1942...
[January 20, 2003, 7:23]
Games maker not suing over bug alert
News The reports began when TechTV.com quoted Epic Games vice president Mark Rein as saying that several comments made by security firm PivX Solutions were "slanderous" and that Epic would consult with its lawyers.
[February 12, 2003, 8:20]
Apache flaw leaves server wide open
News The most detailed information has been provided by the discoverer, Auriemma Luigi, a researcher who works for PivX Solutions. The people who discovered this vulnerability, Newport Beach, CA-based PivX Solutions, reported it to Apache.org and began...
[September 3, 2002, 12:16]
Panther: A £99 security update?
News It is not a friendly thing to tell your customers to shell out a lot of money to stay secure," said Thor Larholm, senior researcher for software security firm PivX Solutions. But PivX's Larholm said Apple would have to release some patches to...
[October 30, 2003, 8:15]
Apple pledges to supply fix for older OS X
News It is not a friendly thing to tell your customers to shell out a lot of money to stay secure," said Thor Larholm, senior researcher for software security firm PivX Solutions. But PivX's Larholm said Apple would have to release some patches to...
[November 3, 2003, 9:35]
New security flaw in Outlook, IE
News In an advisory released Wednesday, Thor Larholm, a security researcher and partner at risk-assessment company PivX Solutions, warned that HTML objects embedded in Web pages and emails could carry code that allows an attacker to check out victims...
[July 11, 2002, 7:51]
Microsoft: IE hole worse than reported
News As previously reported, Thor Larholm, a vulnerability researcher with security consultancy Pivx Solutions questioned Microsoft's "moderate" rating -- issued Wednesday -- in a Buqtraq forum posting. Microsoft on Friday raised its threat rating for a...
[December 9, 2002, 8:19]
Theft of game code fuels hacking fears
News Thor Larholm, senior security researcher for security firm PivX Solutions, obtained source code from available sources on the Internet and compiled the game. Components of the source code appear to be from other companies that had licensed the...
[October 7, 2003, 12:00]
Microsoft warns of IE, Outlook flaws
News In a posting on the Bugtraq forum, Thor Larholm, a vulnerability researcher with security consultancy Pivx Solutions lambasted Microsoft's moderate rating. The company said a glitch could allow hackers to pilfer information from computers running...
[December 6, 2002, 7:31]
Security flaws emerge in Windows update
News And more revelations about vulnerabilities are on the way, Thor Larholm, senior security researcher with vulnerability-assessment company PivX Solutions, said on Wednesday. Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's...
[August 19, 2004, 9:30]
Code leak reveals old IE flaw
News On the good side, all of the [leaked] software is from before Microsoft started the Trustworthy Computing Initiative -- it's old code," said Thor Larholm, senior security researcher at software firm PivX Solutions.
[February 18, 2004, 7:35]
SCO offers reward for MyDoom author
News We are already ahead of Sobig," said Thor Larholm, senior security researcher for digital security firm PivX Solutions. The controversial SCO Group has offered $250,000 (£137,298) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person...
[January 28, 2004, 7:35]
Netscape parades security features
News However, systems will still be vulnerable to problems such as an exploitable flaw in the browser itself, said Thor Larholm, a senior security researcher at PivX Solutions. Netscape on Thursday released the final version of Netscape 8, a browser...
[May 19, 2005, 9:30]
Security firms round on IE
News Stathakopoulos would not comment on allegations made by security research company Pivx Solutions that there are over 30 unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, but did say Microsoft is "investigating" the claim.
[October 10, 2003, 16:10]
