Hackers have hit Adobe hard with an attack that Adobe believes resulted in the compromise of 2.9 million Adobe customer accounts, including access to “customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders.” [Read more…]
Magic Lantern Update: 1080p Raw Video Works on 5D Mark III
The Magic Lantern crew just made a breakthrough of 24p raw video on the 5D Mark III. The earlier catch was that there was a limitation on the resolution that left the 5D Mark III raw video capture just short of the full 1080p mark.
Not so fast though…
Just hours after the initial revelation, Magic Lantern revealed that it’s possible to hit the holy grail of 14-bit raw video at 1920×1080 resolution and 24p with a 1000x CF card. [Read more…]
Nikon Image Authentication Software Cracked, Rendered Useless
Image authentication doesn’t quite mean what it used to. It was just back in November 2010 that Russian forensic software firm, ElcomSoft, cracked Canon’s image authentication software. Now, it’s done the same to Nikon’s $500 Image Authentication Software.
Nikon states that its Image Authentication Software allows users to “Verify JPEG, TIFF and NEF (RAW) data taken using a compatible Nikon digital SLR. This secure software checks if an image has been processed or edited after taken.”
The authenticity of a photograph is of the utmost importance in court cases and other commercial and industrial applications. The discovery of vulnerabilities in Nikon’s software adds yet another hurdle to a previously proven method of image authentication.
ElcomSoft claims that it has notified Nikon of this vulnerability; however, ElcomSoft noted that “Nikon has provided no response nor expressed any interest in the existence of the issue.”
Note that Canon Europe posted a request of users of its software to contact the company to discuss the issue.
More details on this development in Elcomsoft’s statement below. [Read more…]