Welcome to the this week’s Quotes of the Week: Facebook announce details of it’s bug-hunting payouts for 2014, testing in a Agile World, the freak security flaw has been fixed and more.
Florida testing software has test issues
“Education Commissioner Pam Stewart on Tuesday said “software issue” were to blame for the previous day’s testing glitches”
Testing in an agile world
“As compared to a traditional tester role, agile testing is a very different experience, and most traditional testers will struggle”
A special report by Christina Mulligan on testing in a Agile world looks at how the Agile methodology has evolved to where it is now and what that means for software testers. Read More here.
The Freak security flaw has been fixed
“The vulnerability in web encryption technology could enable attackers to spy on communications of users of Apple’s Safari browser and Google Inc’s Android browser”
A cross-platfrom security flaw found both in Safari and Android browsers has been fixed according to both Apple and Google. The flaw was found after a group of researchers tried to hack certain Government websites using different forms of encryption. Some websites have intentionally weakened encryption as it is against the law in the U.S. to export the strongest encryption software. Forcing the site to use the weaker standards meant the research time could access the site. Read More Here.
Facebook releases data of bug-hunting payouts
“India contributed the largest number of valid bugs again this year at 196, with an average reward of $1,343”
The bug bounty programme at Facebook has remained popular. Facebook have just released some of the statistics from 2014. The company paid out $1.3 million to 321 researchers in 2014 with the average payout of $1,788. India topped the list with most successful submissions. The country has over 112 million Facebook users. Read the orginal report from Facebook here with more information on the payouts here.
The Biggest Software Blunders of All Time
Shachar Shamir shares some of the biggest software blunders of all time including errors that meant early release for a number of prisoners in the U.S, grounded flights and more. Read More here.
