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Google Issues Largest Android Security Update

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jul 7, 2016

Google released its largest Android security update ever, with Qualcomm driver-related flaws topping the list of 108 different vulnerabilities. The July Android update far exceeds any past Android update in terms of the total number of vulnerabilities, and it introduces a new two bundle patch set approach to help accelerate the overall patching process.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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