On this week’s Quotes of the Week: bug hunters wanted, a survey reveals thoughts of testers, the spread of the Drupal bug and more.
Bug Hunters Wanted
“The question is whether cyber-attackers find loopholes first, or we find them first and close them,” – Akitsugu Ito, Cybozu, Inc.
Security Firms in Japan are on the search for bug hunters. Bug Hunting is yet to catch on in Japan as the corporate culture is not one where seeking external users to check for vulnerabilities is encouraged. Cybozu are one of the first companies to offer the reward scheme and have offered to pay up to 1 million yen (US$8,903) to anyone who finds a vulnerability in one of the company’s products or services. The company has recognised 100 such reports so far paying out a total of 8.1 million yen in rewards.
Survey reveals some tester Thoughts
“70% said that automation is one of their top testing priorities for 2015“
A survey by Sogeti UK at the London Test Expo recently has revealed a number of interesting topics. Apart from the finding above, other findings include that only only 1% of TestExpo delegates have defined their digital testing strategy and feel it is successful. You can read the full story on the report here.
Drupal Bug cause Wide-Spread Hacker Attack
“Many site owners will never have received the announcement and many that did will have been asleep” – Mark Stockley, Sophos
Mark Stockley, an analyst at security firm Sophos comments on the recent vulnerability found in Drupal which meant that up to 12 million websites could have compromised. Drupal is used to manage web content and images, text and video. The bug would allow hackers to access and take control of a server as well as seed a site with malware to trap visitors. Read more about the story here.
Software Testing in Space
“As software is responsible for so many of the critical functions of space vehicles, it is essential that they are thoroughly tested before they are deployed” – Guillem Bernat, Rapita Systems
The Chief-Executive of Rapita Systems Guillem Bernat describes how his company have become involved in the testing of software that manages the systems of the European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV). The space craft is due to be launched space in November next year. The IXV is being launched to help test the potential for successful atmospheric re-entry capabilities. The company’s contribution to the project was its RapiCover software tool which ensures the software controlling the IXV has been thoroughly tested. Read more here.
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