Biggest Data Breaches in 2013

Headlines every other day in 2013 were covered with stories of how hackers managed to steal millions of worth of data and get away with it uncaught. Despite increased awareness and higher spending on IT security in 2013, attackers found loopholes to penetrate into systems and wreak havoc. CEH Training is one of the defense practices which is a must for enterprises nowadays to get equipped in. Every organization must have one dedicated Certified Ethical Hacker,  if not a security team, to ensure that their confidential data is safe from all angles. Here we highlight some of the biggest data breaches in 2013 that taught us all some important lessons:

Adobe

Adobe had the shock of its life when approximately 3 million personal records of their users, and nearly 150 million passwords including source code of Adobe software products was stolen. This data breach showed the world how vast the scope of a data breach can be and what ramifications an organization has to endure if their security systems are not in perfect order.

Twitter

Another big shot faced the heat when it reported unusual access patterns of some users. An investigation carried out revealed that 250,000 usernames, passwords and emails were at potential risk. Passwords were then reset for these accounts and users were notified. From this incident, Twitter learnt the lesson and started using two-factor authentication to tighten security.  

NSA

Probably the most talked about breach of not only 2013 but in the history of IT, is one of the U.S. National Security Agency. It caused such an uproar and outrage in general public that it proved to be catastrophic for the agency. Edward Snowden was the man behind the operation which uncovered U.S. government's spying and monitoring activities of its citizens.

New Features of Illustrator CC

Adobe with its Creative Cloud Suite has introduced new improvements in what is now called Illustrator CC. The Creative Cloud has given a face lift to Illustrator with a handful of useful upgrades and some completely new features. The new functionalities not only make it easier and quicker for you to use, but also turns out to be more responsive and streamlined than the previous versions. Here's a lowdown of the best new features and upgrades that have brought Illustrator notches higher than before.

Best Features of Adobe Illustrator CC

Take a look at the list of new tools and upgrades available in the new version below:  

Touch Type Tool

Manipulate typographical characters like individual objects within a text area. Play with words and make adjustments such as colour, offset, rotate and scale. This feature will significantly save a lot of time since before this, every character had to be broken down into a separate text box.

Images in Brushes

Art, Scatter and Pattern brushes allow you to select raster images as your brush source and use any image brush without converting it to vector. So get ready to create complex designs using simple brush strokes that can be modified and reshaped anytime.

CSS Output

This new feature allows you extract CSS code for web elements such as patterns and icons. This will also save developer's a lot of time and effort.

These are the best three improvements in the latest Adobe Illustrator according to us. Your opinion of this may vary. Given that a host of other novel features such as Font Search, Multiple file placement, Sync Settings, unembedded images etc. are introduced, it is hard for anyone to pin point the best features out of it all.   

An Illustrator CC course from Koenig Solutions will help you utilize all these features to their full potential and make you skilled in using them to your advantage.