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August 7, 2019 Software Testing and QA Mike Stark

The Real Costs of Poor Quality Assurance

Software product failures are a common occurrence, often due to a rush to get the product out the door as quickly as possible (or performing the first load testing after product launch). Then, when they are released, products are not fully functional and don’t meet consumer needs or requirements. Quality assurance all too often takes […]

August 6, 2019 Biometrics Testing William Miller

Biometric Authentication; Is the Future Password-Less?

Passwords and PINs are not nearly as secure as they should be. According to a recent Verizon investigation, 81 percent of hacker-related breaches happen due to lost or weak passwords. Despite this, poor password habits persist (for example, reusing the same password across multiple accounts both at home and work). Weak passwords make it easy […]

August 5, 2019 Software Testing and QA Mike Stark

Mobile App Failures and Security Breaches

Mobile apps are useful tools. They can provide extra features on mobile devices, offer shortcuts for performing tasks, and more. The proliferation of the mobile app benefits us on the whole. There are some pitfalls when it comes to usability and security. Businesses can come up with the concept for the perfect mobile app only […]

July 31, 2019 Cyber Attacks William Miller

Cybersecurity and IoT Electronics

The stakes have never been higher when it comes to cybersecurity and IoT electronics. Not only is private data on the line, but personal safety is, too, thanks to the advent of things like smart cars and home security systems. Fortunately, there is legislation in place to protect consumers from IoT hackers and the potential […]

July 29, 2019 Uncategorized Josh Kitchen

Website Performance – Simulated versus Real Users

One of the things that keep coming up in load testing for website performance is the comparison of simulated versus real users. People tend to fixate on pure concurrency numbers (the quantity) without assessing things like user-profiles and throughput (the quality). It’s easy to crank up threads and feed search functionality a collection of values, […]

July 25, 2019 Automated Testing, Software Testing and QA William Miller

Manual Versus Automation: Which is Best?

Automation experts often claim that automated testing improves the quality of software and that automated testing tools are an excellent solution for every software testing project. Meanwhile, manual testing proponents will point out that nothing beats human intuition when it comes to locating bugs. And this is the crux of the manual versus automation testing […]

July 23, 2019 Mobile Testing Mike Stark

3 Differences Between Testing Android and iOS Devices

Everyone knows the war between Apple and Android mobile device users as to which device is better. While that debate may continue ranging on, developers still have to ensure that websites, software, and applications function properly on all these mobile devices. However, testing procedures for Apple and Android devices are often quite different. Here are […]

July 22, 2019 Biometrics Testing William Miller

iBeta’s Biometrics Test Facility Gains Mastercard Accreditation

iBeta Quality Assurance has received Mastercard accreditation for its biometrics test lab. The approved scope of the independent testing facility includes biometrics testing for mobile and wearable devices using the modalities of facial recognition, palm recognition, voice recognition and fingerprint recognition. On June 3, 2019, iBeta added Mastercard’s Formal Approval Services (FAD) to its growing […]

July 19, 2019 Game Testing William Miller

How QA Testing is like Playing Video Games

You may have been told they were a waste of time by your parents, but playing video games actually hones the same skills that are critical to performing the best software testing. Exploring Video Games The first thing you want to do in a video game is to explore and check out your surroundings. This […]

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 […]

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