Xiaomi Truth Has Installed Malicious Code in Xiaomi Mi4?

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Security firm Bluebox has discovered a few malicious applications that have been pre-installed on Xiaomi Mi 4, they are a Google application aimed at advertising and trojans, helping hackers to control the phone remotely..

In addition, security experts of Bluebox also discovered many security holes that allow hackers to exploit on Xiaomi Mi 4.

Andrew Blaich, head of Bluebox's security analysis team, said Xiaomi Mi 4 uses an Android version without Google certification. In fact, Xiaomi Mi 4 uses the MIUI platform developed by Xiaomi based on the Android platform.

Xiaomi later denied any allegations related to their products. The company believes that the device that Bluebox uses in the analysis may not be a genuine product, so Bluebox cannot conclude that Xiaomi is the mastermind of the pre-installation of these malicious code. However, Bluebox said that Xiaomi's denial is a disclaimer.

In July 2014, Xiaomi's Redmi Note smartphone was also discovered secret signs that sent user information to Xiaomi's server in China. Xiaomi later denied this and said it was essentially a feature on its products and then had to release a software upgrade to cancel this functionality.