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David Snelling & Aaron Morris

Amazon Fire Stick users issued urgent warning over security vulnerabilities

Fire Stick streamers across the United Kingdom have been warned that they should check for potential updates, as older software versions could be open to horrific cyber attacks from internet fraudsters.

The warning has been issued by the team at Bitdefender, who discovered a number of loopholes and vulnerabilities which could impact device security.

One of the known flaws is so serious that it could result in attackers gaining complete remote control of a device, which is worrying for anyone who has Amazon's popular TV technology.

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