An employee holds a MI Mix 2S smartphone inside a Xiaomi Corp. store in Paris, France, on Friday, May 25, 2018. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi opened it's first store in Paris and plans for more shops in France, Spain and Italy, testing the appetite of consumers in developed markets as its executives consider a U.S. expansion. Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg
A pre-installed security app in Xiaomi smartphones was, ironically, found to be a gateway for malware attacks, a cybersecurity research firm discovered.
Check Point Research says Xiaomi’s Guard Provider, an app for detecting malware, was putting users at risk as its network traffic was unsecured.
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