Israeli cyber researchers unveil Xiaomi phones' security breach

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Xiaomi is the third largest player in the global mobile market and holds 8% of the global market share.

A significant security vulnerability that would allow hackers to break into any Xiaomi smartphone was discovered by Check Point Software Technologies researchers on Thursday. The vulnerability would have allowed hackers to encrypt the information on Xiaomi smartphones using a rogue request, infect it with malware that would steal the phone's data, or use the smartphone as a tracking device on its owner.

Xiaomi is the third largest player in the global mobile market and holds 8% of the global market share.

The vulnerability was found in a security app pre-installed on all of the company's phones - "Guard Provider" - designed to protect the device from viruses and malware. Hackers could have installed malicious code through the "Guard Provider," which uses third-party software development (an attack method known as Man-in-the-Middle) by using the same wireless network as the owner of the smartphone.

Israeli cyber researchers unveil Xiamoi phones' security breach
 

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Is this vulnerability specific to the Xiaomi mobiles using MIUI? Or will this affect the Xiaomi mobiles which have Android One installed?
 
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Is this vulnerability specific to the Xiaomi mobiles using MIUI? Or will this affect the Xiaomi mobiles which have Android One installed?
It won't affect either of them, because it's patched.
 
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