Adobe Hit Hard By Hackers

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If you were involved in the massive hack into Adobe’s customer database, you should expect to see an email to reset your password. Hackers gained access to millions of customer IDs including passwords and credit card information, but that’s not all.  Adobe says the hackers also gained access to source code for several of their popular digital publishing and web design products.

Adobe said in a statement on Thursday: “Attackers removed from our systems certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers, including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders.”

It appears the hackers only targeted encrypted information.  Adobe said that decrypted credit and debit card information it had stored was not compromised.  The company is exercising precaution and resetting customer’s passwords and notifying Federal law enforcement as well as banks.

It wasn’t just the customers of Adobe that were the target of this hack. Adobe revealed in a blog post that the source code for products such as Acrobat, Cold Fusion, Cold Fusion Builder and others were also accessed.

Adobe has received help from journalist Brian Krebs and researcher Alex Holden of internet security firm Hold Security in responding to the attack. Adobe believes the first break occurred in mid-August, and another might have happened since September 17.

Hold Security said that they found 40 GB of encrypted archives containing the source codes of well-known Adobe products.  It also says the repercussions of this breach may be far-reaching.

“Effectively, this breach may have opened a gateway for new generation of viruses, malware, and exploits,” the firm said.

Adobe says they are not yet aware of exploits from the attack being used on their products.

Source: The Register

‘GTA’s’ Own Darwin Awards

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This parody video shows various ways to die in GTA V, from outlandish to mundane, all set to a cheery shong. What’s the dumbest ways you’ve died in GTA V?

 

Things Evolve, Same For PS Vita

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Japanese commercials tend to be incredibly concise, and these PS Vita ads hold to that tradition. While they are only 15 seconds long, they cleanly convey the information about an “evolved” PS Vita coming October 10 with all new colors, even if you don’t speak Japanese.

The English translation (courtesy of Xander Peterson): “Bentos evolve. Mechanized puppets evolve. Nails evolve. Photo booths evolve. The PS Vita also evolves INTO THIS!!!”

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