Security News

Adobe Patches Major Security Flaws in PDF Reader, Photoshop
2021-06-08 17:28

Adobe's product security response machine revved into high gear this week with the release of multiple patches for gaping security holes in widely deployed software products. According to the San Jose, Calif. software maker, this month's batch of patches address a swathe of potentially dangerous vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Photoshop, and the ever-present Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application.

Microsoft adds Windows 10 HDR support for Photoshop, Lightroom
2021-05-14 18:02

Microsoft has added HDR support to color managed apps to access your display's whole color gamut in the latest Windows 10 build released for Insiders in the Dev Channel. "HDR mode changes the behavior of some creative and artistic apps that use International Color Consortium display color profiles, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom Classic, and CorelDraw," Microsoft's Amanda Langowski and Brandon LeBlanc said.

Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Photoshop, Bridge
2021-04-13 17:51

Adobe on Tuesday announced patches for vulnerabilities in four of its products, including critical code execution flaws affecting Photoshop and Bridge. In Photoshop, the company fixed two critical buffer overflow bugs that can be exploited for arbitrary code execution in the context of the targeted user.

Cracked copies of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop steal your session cookies, browser history, crypto-coins
2021-04-13 17:12

Cracked copies of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop are stealing browser session cookies and Monero cryptocurrency wallets from tightwads who install the pirated software, Bitdefender has warned. As many Reg readers will no doubt be aware, cracked software is a legitimate application that has had its registration or licensing features removed.

Adobe Patches Slew of Critical Security Bugs in Bridge, Photoshop
2021-04-13 16:40

Adobe has released security patches tackling four critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Bridge, along with other critical and important-rated updates for bugs in Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe Photoshop and RoboHelp. In all, Adobe fixed 10 security holes in its products during its scheduled April updates, seven of them listed as critical.

Adobe fixes critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop and Digital Editions
2021-04-13 15:20

Adobe has released security updates that address security vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe Bridge, and RoboHelp. In total, the company addressed ten security vulnerabilities affecting four products, with seven of them rated as critical as they allow arbitrary code execution or arbitrary file writes.

Adobe out-of-band security updates for Photoshop, Prelude, Bridge
2020-07-22 10:34

A week after July 2020 Patch Tuesday, Adobe has released out-of-band security updates to fix thirteen vulnerabilities - twelve of which critical - in Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, Prelude, and Reader Mobile. The Adobe Photoshop updates deliver fixes for Photoshop CC 2019 and Photoshop 2020 on Windows and macOS, which resolve five critical out-of-bounds read/write issues that could lead to arbitrary code execution.

It's July 2020, and your PC or Mac can be pwned by a dodgy Photoshop file – Adobe emits critical patch batch
2020-07-21 20:19

A week after July's Patch Tuesday, Adobe has released out-of-band security updates for vulnerabilities in four of its products - and most of them are considered to be critical in severity. The patch batch includes five critical bugs in Photoshop for both Windows and macOS allowing for code execution.

Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Flaws in Bridge, Photoshop, Prelude
2020-07-21 15:24

Adobe informed customers on Tuesday that it has patched several critical code execution vulnerabilities in its Bridge, Photoshop and Prelude products. In the Windows and macOS versions of Bridge, Adobe fixed three critical out-of-bounds read and out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities that can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the targeted user.

Critical Adobe Photoshop Flaws Patched in Emergency Update
2020-07-21 15:06

Adobe released a slew of patches for critical vulnerabilities Tuesday that were part of an out-of-band security update. Several of the critical flaws are tied to Adobe's popular Photoshop photo-editing software and allow adversaries to execute arbitrary code on targeted Windows devices.