Adobe's source code was parked on hackers' unprotected server
Hackers capitalize on other people's mistakes. But they make their own as well.
Jeremy Kirk | 11 Oct | Read more
Hackers capitalize on other people's mistakes. But they make their own as well.
Jeremy Kirk | 11 Oct | Read more
In a blog post on Thursday, Adobe said that during a security audit sometime around September 17, the company discovered that attackers had accessed Adobe customer IDs, as well as encrypted passwords. In addition to IDs and passwords, Adobe Chief Security Officer, Brad Arkin, said that the attackers also accessed customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and "other information."
Steve Ragan | 07 Oct | Read more
Hackers broke into the internal computer network of Adobe Systems and stole information on 2.9 million customers, as well as source code for several of the company's products.
Lucian Constantin | 03 Oct | Read more
Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical vulnerabilities, including one that is already actively exploited by attackers.
Lucian Constantin | 14 May | Read more
McAfee said it has found a vulnerability in Adobe Systems' Reader program that reveals when and where a PDF document is opened.
Jeremy Kirk | 29 Apr | Read more
Adobe Systems has appointed Brad Arkin, the company's senior director of security for products and services, to become its first CSO. With a mature product security program already in place, the top priorities for Adobe's new security chief are to strengthen the security of the company's hosted services and its internal infrastructure.
Lucian Constantin | 25 Apr | Read more
On Tuesday, Adobe released yet another security patch for Flash player, addressing several critical vulnerabilities that would allow attackers to take control of affected computers. The update is for Windows, OSX, and Linux users. It's the fourth critical Flash update since the beginning of the year--and the third Flash security patch from Adobe in February alone.
Daniel Ionescu | 27 Feb | Read more
Adobe released emergency patches for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11, 10 and 9 on Wednesday that address two critical vulnerabilities being actively exploited by attackers.
Lucian Constantin | 20 Feb | Read more
Adobe Systems said it will release patches for two critical vulnerabilities disclosed last week that are actively being used by attackers.
Jeremy Kirk | 17 Feb | Read more
The serious zero-day flaw affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat now being exploited in online attacks can be defended against in up-to-date versions of the program by enabling ‘protected view’, Adobe has said.
John E Dunn | 15 Feb | Read more
Adobe released security updates for Flash Player and Shockwave Player on Tuesday in order to address a total of 19 vulnerabilities affecting the two products.
Lucian Constantin | 12 Feb | Read more
Adobe Systems released new versions of Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat on Tuesday in order to address a total of 28 critical security vulnerabilities in the software products.
Lucian Constantin | 09 Jan | Read more
Adobe Systems warned users of its ColdFusion application server software that hackers are reportedly exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in the product to take control of affected servers.
Lucian Constantin | 07 Jan | Read more
Adobe plans in February to close a dangerous hole in its Shockwave application that causes the application to be downgraded when a user launches older multimedia content, allowing hackers to target years-old vulnerabilities.
Jeremy Kirk | 20 Dec | Read more
Adobe said Wednesday it is investigating the release of 230 names, email addresses and encrypted passwords claimed to have been stolen from a company database.
Jeremy Kirk | 14 Nov | Read more