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September’s Android Security Update is Rolling Out With First Nougat Patch – Droid Life (press release) (blog)

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September's Android Security Update is Rolling Out With First Nougat Patch
Droid Life (press release) (blog)
Google is pushing out September's Android security update to Nexus devices today and has done so by already publishing both factory image and OTA .zip files. This is the first security patch for Nougat and that means new Android 7.0 builds for a few …
First Nougat patch rolls out with September's Android Security UpdateAndroid Authority (blog)
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Apple issues urgent security update after hack turns Mac computers into spying devices

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The security flaw affects the El Capitan and Yosemite Mac operating systems, and is the same that could have let hackers take complete control of iPhone devices, which Apple fixed with the iOS 9.3.5 update last week. The Silicon Valley giant quietly …
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Apple recommend iPhone update after hack

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The human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor, forwarded the message to researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. Lookout called it the most sophisticated spyware package it has seen, taking advantage of the combination of features only available …
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks most webcams

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Enlarge / Logitech’s popular C920 camera. (credit: Logitech)

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update, aka version 1607, has been found to leave many webcams inoperable. The update prevents the use of webcams in applications such as Skype and Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), along with all manner of custom CCTV programs. Extremely popular hardware, such as Logitech’s C920 and C930e cameras, in conjunction even with Microsoft’s own Skype, will fail to properly broadcast video.

People first noticed the issue earlier this month. But it’s only within the last couple of days that the exact cause became clear via a post by Brad Sams on thurott.com.

Microsoft has said that a fix is in development, but has not yet said when that fix will be distributed.

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