Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok is no stranger to controversy where data usage is concerned. Unfortunately for TikTok, it's back in the news again, and not in a good way. TikTok could be headed for a $28.91m fine , courtesy of the United Kingdom. The provisional findings of the ICO.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

February's Patch Tuesday tackles three zero-days Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin Fake Hogwarts Legacy cracks lead to adware, scams Arris router vulnerability could lead to complete takeover Ransomware pushes City of Oakland into state of emergency TikTok (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Washington Post was the source that conducted the survey and stated that the populace of North America also distrusts other online service platforms, such as TikTok, WhatsApp and Instagram, with many suggesting a kind of restriction be placed on their usage from next year.

Retail 101

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

TikTok, that was developed by Chinese firm ByteDance has topped the list of most popular and downloaded apps worldwide in this year with over 57 million installs. And Douyin, a successor to the above stated Chinese short video app is also tagged as a global hit, as it has found a second place in the list with over 55.8

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SecureList

JUNE 1, 2021

WhatsApp, a messaging service, was number two with 18.07%, and was followed by TikTok, the world’s most popular social network, with 14.96%. which got a second life thanks to the game Just Dance as well as to a TikTok challenge that went viral and propelled this track to the ranks of the “popular.” YouTube bloggers.

Mobile 82

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

A victim who clicks a link in a message that promises, say, 1,000 likes in TikTok will be presented with a login form that looks like the real thing. Fake TikTok login page generated by the phishing bot From an engineering standpoint, this is a rather primitive product of a basic phishing kit.

Phishing 114

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Checkmarx experts state that some online users were being lured by threat actors to download a ‘Space Unfilter’ software that helps download videos to reveal the hidden nak*d bodies of TikTok users who already took the ‘Invisible Challenge’.

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