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Security Firm Discloses Details of Amazon Fire Phone Vulnerabilities
Reported by securityweek.com
The operating system update released in May by Amazon for its Fire Phone resolves three vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at information security consultancy MWR InfoSecurity. Launched in June 2014, the Amazon Fire Phone is powered by an Android-based operating system called Fire OS. Amazon updated Fire OS to version 4.6.1, which is based on Android 4.4 KitKat, in early May. In addition to several new and enhanced features, Fire OS 4.6.1 fixes dozens of bugs.