Adobe to Customers: Uninstall Buggy Photoshop Update

<a href="http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/18/photoshop_bug">Channel Register</a>

Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

March 18, 2008

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Citing three "unacceptable" bugs, Adobe Systems has pulled the 1.4 update for its Photoshop Lightroom software off its Web site and is advising customers who already installed it to wipe it off their computers.Photoshop Lightroom is used to manage large volumes of digital photos. The bugs involve a time stamp error, a Digital Negative (DNG) conversion problem and an error with converting JPEGs from Olympus cameras into other formats.

"Compared to other Adobe applications, we've taken a much more aggressive approach to releasing frequent new versions with new features, but it's clear we need to take a hard look at our release process to make sure that this aggressive approach doesn't sacrifice quality," blogged apologetic Lightroom product manager Tom Hogarty.Channel Register

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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