If You Use Photoshop, Hackers Can Get Into Your Computer Right Now

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Two new critical vulnerabilities leave Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 and 2018 users exposed to hacker attacks.

Adobe has announced two critical security vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 and 2018.

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The problems, discovered by Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs cybersecurity expert Kushal Arvind Shah, affect both Windows and macOS versions of Photoshop 19.1.5 and earlier as well as 18.1.5 and earlier. The pixel-pushing company hasn't released any particular details, except to say that the software has "memory corruption" issues that "allow remote code execution" -- i.e., network-based attacks -- without users noticing it.

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That doesn’t mean you shouldn't update Photoshop as soon as possible. Adobe has already released an update that closes the opening, bringing Photoshop CC 2017 and CC 2018 to versions 18.1.6 and 19.1.6, respectively.

If you are legally using Photoshop, make sure to go the Adobe Cloud CC control panel and update it. If you are using a pirated copy of Photoshop, we can't help you.

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