Welcome to this week’s Quotes of the Week: Do you need a bug bounty programme?, Apple’s iOS update, QA for the car industry and more.
Apples iOS Update Missing Something
“These lockscreen vulnerabilities seem to be a trend for Apple when they release a new OS update, whether it be PIN codes or the fingerprint scanner.”
Armando Orozco, a senior malware intelligence analyst for Malwarebytes comments on the bug issue with Apples lockscreen login vulnerability. It seems that it is possible to hack the phone by bypassing the lockout screen. This hasn’t been fixed in that latest update. Read More here
Do You Need A Bug Bounty Programme?
“Isn’t it possible for companies to simply task in-house IT with mimicking the structure of existing bounty programs and then handling any issues that emerge on a case-by-case basis?”
Douglas Bonderud examines whether Bug Bounty’s are what your company is looking for and offers a guide to see if it fits. Read More here
Quality Assurance for the Automobile Industry
“Software vulnerabilities that occur in “unsafe” languages such as C and C++ (format string attacks, buffer overflows, dangling pointers, and privilege escalation bugs) can also be leveraged by attackers to gain access to sensitive automotive systems.”
Anna Chiang offers her thoughts on the dangers facing the car industry if it quickly doesnt realise the importance of testing for software for cars. Read More here
Is productivity software making us less productive?
Ezra Klein interviews Michael Pryor (CEO of Trello) on the topic of productivity software. Are they more hassel than they are worth? Read More here
Samsung TV’s Not as Energy Efficient as Once Thought
“Motion lighting is not a setting that only activates during compliance testing. On the contrary, it is a default setting which works both in the lab and at home; delivering energy savings and helping us to reduce our environmental impact.”
Samsung react to the claim that the companys TV in Europe do not meet the standards for energy consumption and that the company showed higher energy consumption in real-world situations than in lab tests. Read More here
