Author: William Miller

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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iBeta is Accredited to Expand Biometric Quality Assurance and Performance Testing

iBeta is Accredited to Expand Biometric Quality Assurance and Performance Testing

iBeta Quality Assurance has expanded its biometric security testing capabilities following a successful NIST audit, earning accreditation under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) with Testing Lab Code 200962-0 for the ISO/IEC 30107-3:2023 standard. This certification, aligned with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and effective through September 30, 2024, enables iBeta to perform Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) […]

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