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Security pros set up defence front
News An ad hoc association of security and general-purpose software vendors headed by Russ Cooper, moderator of the NTBugtraq mailing list and surgeon general at TruSecure, in Virginia, is working to establish such an industry group.
[June 25, 2001, 16:17]
Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast
News The flaw led to a US Army server, among others, falling victim to MSBlast, according to Russ Cooper, chief scientist at security company TruSecure. Cooper said that this mechanism was found to be flawed.
[August 15, 2003, 14:40]
Hack insurer adds Microsoft surcharge
News Wurzler is full of it," said Russ Cooper, the editor of the NTBugTraq Web site and an employee of computer risk management and security firm TruSecure. According to Cooper, Windows NT and IIS are easier to secure than comparable Unix or Linux-based...
[August 22, 2001, 8:30]
New virus hides behind old technology
News They have not proven anything here except that they can write data to an alternate data stream," said Russ Cooper, editor of Windows NT security watcher NTBugtraq.com, who moderated a discussion of the possible dangers posed by alternate data...
[September 6, 2000, 8:02]
Microsoft to plug URL-spoofing hole
News This is really bad, because even if you tried to figure out which site you were going to, you couldn't," said Russ Cooper, editor of NTBugtraq, a security newsletter published by TruSecure, a security consultancy.
[January 30, 2004, 7:40]
Vista plays hide-and-seek with hackers
News Randomisation seems to have served open source systems fairly well, said Russ Cooper, senior scientist at Cybertrust, a security vendor in Herndon, Virginia. I suspect this will be the first thing looked for — something which tells you which of the...
[June 2, 2006, 9:20]
US Report: MS, Netscape scramble to fix security holes
News The malicious code needn't be contained in an e-mail attachment; rather, the tags that identify the attachment contain the code, according to Russ Cooper, owner and moderator of the NTBugtraq mailing list, which is dedicated to security breaches...
[July 29, 1998, 14:38]
April Fool: Timing's right for a virus
News Yes, if your wake-up system doesn't work, it's not like you needed that excuse anyway, you already have one," said Russ Cooper, who moderates a popular Windows bug mailing list. Cooper downplayed the impact of the bug, too.
[March 30, 2001, 13:41]
FBI warns of bugs for Christmas
News While system administrators have been alerted in the past to the potential threat of the flaws by the NIPC and Microsoft, the latest advisory targets system administrators who may not keep up-to-date on software flaws, said Russ Cooper, security...
[December 5, 2000, 8:19]
New Outlook bug can sting with spam
News According to Russ Cooper, who watches Microsoft flaws closely as administrator of the NTBugTraq mailing list, the vulnerability is a major problem. If you heard about this, you would call it a hoax," Cooper said, referring to an old computer myth...
[July 19, 2000, 9:05]
Microsoft tries to cage security gremlins
News This conference is an ambush to push through Microsoft's beliefs on limited disclosure to make it seem to be endorsed, when the larger community hasn't even seen any details," said Russ Cooper, research director with security firm TruSecure.
[November 6, 2001, 14:05]
How to steal 2,500 credit cards, Part 2
News Getting a second opinion when building an e-commerce site is a good idea, said security expert Russ Cooper, who maintains the popular NTBugTraq mailing list. Make a condition of the contract that it has to pass scrutiny of another individual who...
[January 17, 2000, 9:19]
US Report: Visual Basic holes open for e-mail viruses
News The real angle of attack is on HTML e-mail," said Russ Cooper, moderator of NTBugTraq "In that regard, people are wide open to attack. In addition, Cooper warns that an HTML virus could be written in JavaScript just as easily as VBScript.
[November 20, 1998, 13:25]
Windows users: 'Don't panic' over flaw
News Microsoft's critical network security infrastructure components must be patched immediately to ensure the on-going, and significant trust businesses place in them," said TruSecure chief scientist Russ Cooper in a statement.
[February 11, 2004, 10:55]
Microsoft draws fire for stealth test programme
News It shouldn't be offered to such a wide audience without more notification of the fact it is beta," said Russ Cooper, a senior scientist at Cybertrust, a security vendor. Millions of Windows users may unwittingly be test subjects for an unfinished...
[June 14, 2006, 9:15]
No fix for 'critical' hole in Windows 98, ME
News The older Windows versions have never been secure, said Russ Cooper, a senior scientist at Cybertrust, a security vendor in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft will not fix a serious flaw in Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition because a patch could...
[June 12, 2006, 12:05]
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[September 27, 2007, 8:00]
MS security flaw called 'pinhole'
News Russ Cooper, editor of Microsoft-software security site NTBugTraq, stressed, however, that Web site hosting services could be affected by the bug and said the hosting services should quickly fix it. This is a hole that could allow information to be...
[April 17, 2000, 9:48]
Microsoft unprepared for SP2 support nightmare?
News Russ Cooper, chief scientist at risk management specialists TruSecure and editor of the NTBugtraq newsletter, said SP2 will be a "huge step forward" for Microsoft security and represents a "significant shift" in Microsoft's attitude.
[April 5, 2004, 15:50]
MS group to oversee hack reports
News The latest announcement has already sparked controversy: Russ Cooper, a software security expert and editor of security mailing list "NTBugTraq," published his own guidelines for an independent security group, called the Responsible Disclosure Forum.
[November 9, 2001, 13:59]
