Year: 2025

Lessons from the AWS US-EAST-1 Outage: Why Chaos Engineering Should Be in Every QA Toolkit

Lessons from the AWS US-EAST-1 Outage: Why Chaos Engineering Should Be in Every QA Toolkit

In the fast-paced world of cloud computing, even giants like Amazon Web Services (AWS) aren’t immune to disruptions. Yesterday, October 20, 2025, a significant outage hit AWS’s US-EAST-1 region, causing widespread chaos for businesses and users worldwide. This event serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities in our digital infrastructure and underscores the value […]

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Samsung’s October 2025 Security Patch: Lessons for QA in Mobile Security

As we hit mid-October 2025, Samsung has rolled out its monthly security update, patching a total of 33 vulnerabilities across Galaxy devices. This includes 13 high-severity fixes from Google’s Android Security Bulletin and 20 Samsung-specific issues (SVEs), with five rated high severity. For software QA professionals, this patch cycle is a stark reminder of the […]

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Lessons from the Jeep 4xe Update Debacle: Why QA Testing Can’t Be an Afterthought

In the fast-paced world of automotive software, over-the-air (OTA) updates promise convenience and quick fixes. But when things go wrong, they can turn a routine update into a roadside nightmare. Take the recent incident with Jeep’s Wrangler 4xe hybrids, where a buggy Uconnect infotainment update caused vehicles to lose power mid-drive, stranding owners on highways […]

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iBeta Announces Level 3 Biometrics Testing

iBeta Announces Level 3 Biometrics Testing

In the rapidly advancing field of biometric security, iBeta Quality Assurance has pioneered PAD Level 3 testing, a sophisticated evaluation framework designed to assess biometric systems’ resilience against highly targeted and resource-intensive presentation attacks, initially focusing on facial recognition. Unlike Levels 1 and 2, which impose stricter time and budget constraints on simulated attacks, Level […]

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iBeta Expands Biometrics Testing to Demographic Bias

iBeta Expands Biometrics Testing to Demographic Bias

In the ever-evolving landscape of biometric technologies, ensuring fairness and equity across diverse populations is crucial to building trust and reliability. iBeta Quality Assurance, a NIST-accredited biometrics testing lab, has taken a significant step forward by launching its demographic bias testing service in June 2025. This specialized offering helps developers identify and mitigate performance variations […]

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