Welcome to this week’s testing Quotes of the Week. In this week’s news: Europe’s CIO’s need to be aware of software testing, Lenovo asks users to uninstall it’s software and more.
European CIO’s need to be more aware of software testing
“Many people believe testing is now a mature discipline but we believe a lot of opportunities for change exist”
At a recent European CIO event, there was much talk of the need for CIO’s to be more aware of testing in the software process. Danielle Jacobs, general manager of Belgian IT leadership association Beltug reveals that she believes that there are great opportunities to provide better testing services. Read More here
Software Bug Causes Issues for San Francisco Local Transport
“After investigation, it was determined that there was a software bug that prevented the system from triggering proper notices of incoming vehicles – when two trains were at one platform.”
A software bug that has been affecting trains on San Franscisco’s local MUNI train transport. The bug wont allow two trains to berth at the station at once due to a digital signage bug. Read More here
Apple Release Another iOS Update
“The new iOS 9.2 operating system also fixes a variety of bug issues.”
Apple has updated its iOS for tablets and for iPhone, and iPod. The Update addresses a number of bugs that were previously reported. Read More here
Lenovo tells its Users to Remove its Own Software
“The immediate interim solution, as included in our previous security advisory on this matter, is for users to uninstall LSC software from their systems”
Lenovo has advised users to remove Lenovo Solution Center (a pre-installed piece of software that monitors system health and security) as a software bug is causing major issues. Carnegie Mellon’s CERT security group warned that someone could execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges remotely and locally. Read More here
Are Encryption Backdoors a Good Thing?
“I don’t know a way to protect people without encrypting. You can’t have a backdoor that’s only for the good guys.”
Tim Cook comments the issue of backdoors for encrypted software that the U.S. government wants made available for government bodies. However
