Amazon’s latest Fire TV Stick update has 3 important security fixes

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Own an Amazon Fire TV Stick? Look out for its latest software update to fix three worrying security flaws

, one of the security bugs made the streaming device vulnerable to a hacking method known as PIN brute forcing.

Happily for Amazon Fire TV owners, the tech giant was quick to react to the cybersecurity alert and promptly patched the security bugs in a software update that was released before anyone reported any issues. To check whether it has, you need to go to ‘Settings’ on your device, then click ‘My Fire TV’ followed by ‘About’. You should then see an option that says ‘Check for System Update’, if there’s an update available you can install it right away.

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