Failures Database
This database contains reports analyzing software failures from the news. Currently, it contains failures from 2010 to 2022. This database was created through the FAIL (Failure Analysis Investigation with LLM) project. FAIL leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to collect and analyze software failures reported in the news. Our work has been presented in the paper titled "FAIL: Analyzing Software Failures from the News Using LLMs." Contributing members include Dharun Anandayuvaraj, Matthew Campbell, Tanmay Singla, Parth Patil, Arav Tewari, and James C. Davis from Purdue University.
| Title | Published Date | System | Number of Articles | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students Hack School District Systems for Water Gun Fight Edge | 2019-10-20 | 1. Naviance system [90787] 2. School district's student information systems | 1 | View Details |
| Credential-Stuffing Attack on NordVPN User Accounts in 2018 | 2019-11-01 | 1. NordVPN system | 1 | View Details |
| Ultrasonic Fingerprint Recognition Flaw in Samsung Galaxy S10. | 2019-10-17 | 1. Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 ultrasonic fingerprint reader system [93751, 91231, 90937, 91021, 91085, 91084, 90943, 90956] | 8 | View Details |
| iPhone 5 GPS Time Rollover Software Failure Incident | 2019-10-28 | 1. iPhone 5 2. iPhone 4S 3. Various older iterations of the iPad 4. iOS 10.3.4 5. iOS 9.3.6 6. App Store 7. iCloud 8. Email 9. Web browsing 10. GPS services | 2 | View Details |
| WWE 2K20: Game plagued with glitches and bugs, causing unplayability. | 2019-10-23 | 1. WWE 2K20 game software [90952] | 1 | View Details |
| Smart Speakers Compromised by Malicious Apps Eavesdropping and Stealing Passwords | 2019-10-21 | 1. Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers 2. Third-party voice apps designed for Amazon Echo and Google Home devices 3. Amazon's and Google's vetting processes for third-party apps 4. Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant voice-controlled digital-assistant software 5. Amazon's and Google's text-to-speech AI 6. Amazon's and Google's servers 7. Amazon's and Google's review processes for third-party apps 8. Amazon's and Google's privacy settings 9. Amazon's and Google's security mechanisms 10. Amazon's and Google's password protection measures 11. Amazon's and Google's developer policies 12. Amazon's and Google's skill certification process 13. Amazon's and Google's Actions (smart speaker apps) 14. Amazon's and Google's privacy issues mitigation measures 15. Amazon's and Google's accuracy-review programs 16. Amazon's and Google's privacy settings adjustments 17. Amazon's and Google's privacy backlash responses 18. Amazon's and Google's response to security vulnerabilities 19. Amazon's and Google's removal of malicious apps 20. Amazon's and Google's additional mechanisms to prevent future issues 21. Amazon's and Google's statements regarding the incident 22. Security Research Labs (SRL) [91270, 90963] | 2 | View Details |
| Passport Facial Recognition System Fails with Dark Skin Users | 2019-10-09 | 1. Facial recognition technology used in the passport checking service [90522] | 1 | View Details |
| Magecart Attack on Volusion's Cloud Infrastructure Compromises Customer Credit Cards | 2019-10-08 | 1. Volusion's servers [90763] | 1 | View Details |
| Unreliable Algorithms Delay Welfare Payments in UK Councils | 2019-10-15 | 1. TransUnion's system for checking housing and council tax benefit claims [91514] 2. Xantura's predictive model for predicting child abuse [91514] 3. Palantir's "intelligence hub" for data analysis [91514] | 1 | View Details |
| Copycat Coders Creating Vulnerable Apps by Copying Insecure Code | 2019-10-07 | The system that failed in the software failure incident described in the article is: 1. Code snippets copied from Stack Overflow lacking basic security checks and using obsolete functions [90965] | 1 | View Details |