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Thor Larholm
Thor Larholm is a well-know computer security expert and a Senior Security Researcher for PivX Solutions,
LLC. Thor uncovered highly-publicized vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and
he's been pioneering security strategies such as proactive threat
mitigation. Thor's research lead to the development of PivX's QwikFix
software. QwikFix closes some Internet Explorer security holes.
In the Press
Network Computing Internet
Explorer Struggles to Secure Privacy
Washington Post
Microsoft Probing Rumors of Windows Code Theft
... Even a partial leak "is a potentially very serious problem for Microsoft.
CNET news.com
Microsoft tracks possible Windows code leak
Allchin's fears are not misplaced, said Thor Larholm, senior security researcher with security consultancy PiVX Solutions.
"Just look at the amount of vulnerabilities that are discovered without the source code," he said. "The majority of Windows servers are still running Windows 2000. Furthermore, Windows 2000 has a lot of shared code that is still being used by Windows XP and Windows Server 2003."
SDSIC Web Services Conference
Thor spoke during the SDSIC Web Services Conference at the San
Diego Supercomputer Center. He participated in a panel
presentation about Web services security with Jeff
Carmichael (Tarari), Mark Colan (IBM), Rajiv
Gupta (Confluent Software), and Gene Thurston (AmberPoint).
We recorded an interview and Thor's
presentation during the security panel discussion. Thor's topic was
security problems associated with federated identities.
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Info Security (interview) |
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9:03 |
Federated Identities: Overlooked Threats |
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