2019 - Software Testing and Quality Assurance by iBeta

July 16, 2019 Uncategorized Mike Stark

Brute-Force Password Guessing Attacks

Caveats: The following analysis is based entirely on a brute force attack. Hackers cannot extrapolate information from this document to help them learn user passwords. iBeta does automated testing of the security of websites, especially for things like cross-site scripting (CSS), and cross-site request forgery (XSRF). However, our automated tool occasionally finds other problems not […]

July 11, 2019 Automated Testing William Miller

Automation Engagement Flow

Some time ago, I wandered the iBeta halls in search of Test Engineers, specifically, those who work in our Automation, Performance, and Security verticals. I wanted them to write a bit about how they do what they do for the blog. Unfortunately, this was not as easy as I’d hoped. For starters, the typical Engineer […]

July 9, 2019 Mobile Testing, Software Testing and QA Mike Stark

Types of Mobile App Testing

Creating a mobile app or responsive website that encompasses all consumer and client requirements is extremely important. A product that doesn’t fulfill the customer needs might as well have never been built. But beyond just meeting the business requirements, the app also needs to function as intended on different devices and different OS’s. End-to-end mobile […]

July 5, 2019 Biometrics Testing Mike Stark

Biometric Spoofing/PAD Testing

iBeta’s biometric security testing capabilities include biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) per ISO/IEC 30107-3. ISO/IEC 30107-3 addresses techniques for the detection of presentation attacks – also known as spoof and liveness detection. A presentation attack occurs when an artifact (face, hand, facsimile, etc.) is presented to a biometric capture device to gain access as an […]

July 2, 2019 Automated Testing, Software Testing and QA William Miller

Test Plan Versus Test Case; What’s the Difference?

Software quality assurance encompasses many unique terms. People who work in this industry are often bombarded with different software terminology and are sometimes bewildered as to what these varying expressions mean. For example, two common terms that cause confusion are “test plan” and “test case”. Here we break down what these terms mean and what […]

June 25, 2019 Software Testing and QA William Miller

The Many Types of Software Testing

Software testing is a catch-all term describing the many ways websites and software applications are tested for quality and performance. It evaluates the functionality of a software program to determine whether or not it meets business, user, and legal requirements. Software testing may involve one or many of any of the following testing types depending, […]

June 21, 2019 Mobile Testing Mike Stark

Is Your Website Mobile Enough?

Most business professionals are aware of the need to build a professional website that is both easy to use and aesthetically pleasing but may not put the same emphasis on the development of a mobile website. Traditional websites are often completely inaccessible from mobile devices including smartphones and tablets whereas a mobile website is accessible […]

June 18, 2019 Development William Miller

3 Common Issues with the Software Development Process

Software development process issues have been around since the inception of software. Improving software development productivity should be the main focus of all who work on development teams, especially leads and project managers. However, before any issues are addressed, teams must understand which issues might arise during development. Here, we cover three of the most […]

June 14, 2019 Software Testing and QA William Miller

History’s Most Expensive Software Bugs

Computer history is full of spectacular and expensive bugs that cost companies and government entities money, time, reputation — and sometimes, people’s lives. It’s important to learn from our past and software testing is no different. While calculating the full financial damage of software bugs can be difficult, these four bugs were some of history’s […]

June 12, 2019 Automated Testing William Miller

Testing Automation is Easier with Modular Programming

Automated testing can be a complicated endeavor. Unless software is stable with many uniform parts, developing a test case that thoroughly checks the software is an involved and timely process. Websites with content pages that follow the same layout are much better candidates for test automation compared to sites that employ many variations in the […]

Year: 2019