Welcome to this week’s testing Quotes of the Week and software testing news. Apple fixes “Error 53”, Twitter bug exposes user email addresses and more.
Bug Leads Commuters to think the Tube was closed
“The issues began at around 8am, according to reports – one of the busiest times of the day for the capital’s Tube network.”
A software bug has caused many London Tube users to believe that the Tube was closed last Thursday. The bug listed all tube services as closed. Read More here
Apple fix the “Error 53” with patch update
“Some early adopters began to complain that their devices, after upgrading to the new software, were getting bricked with an error numbered “53” being displayed on devices trying to connect to it.”
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Are Bug Bounty Programmes Worthwhile?
“Host Kevin Greene and guest Casey Ellis, CEO at Bugcrowd, discuss how bug bounty programs like Bugcrowd can help find backdoors like the one found in Juniper’s ScreenOS.”
The topic of bug bounty programmes has been debated a lot recently. Here Casey Ellis are beneficial to big companies and the federal government as well as discussing the trends in automation. Read More here
A new DNS Bug, and The Worst of them All?
“It is unlikely this is the only platform threat, or even the only threat in glibc. With the Internet of Things spreading extraordinarily, perhaps it’s time to be less concerned about being able to spy on every last phone call and more concerned about how we can make sure innovators have better environments to build upon.”
A discussion with Dan Kaminsky on boingboing.net explains the latest DNS bug and how it affects could be felt worldwide. Read More here
Twitter Recovery Bug Exposed 10,000 Users Emails
“Any user that we find to have exploited the bug to access another account’s information will be permanently suspended, and we will also be engaging law enforcement as appropriate so they may conduct a thorough investigation and bring charges as warranted.”
Twitter respond on how the company will deal with those who take advantage of a bug that exposes users data. Read More here
Conformiq announce Transformer
” The new Conformiq Transformer software platform automates the execution of new and existing tests, improving the productivity of the entire quality assurance organization.”
Conformiq have recently announced a new tool for test automation engineers. Read More here
