MAL-2025-9564 Malicious code in @tiktok-frontend/app-center-connect (npm)

The package @tiktok-frontend/app-center-connect was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in tiktok-internal (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity...

MAL-2025-6860 Malicious code in tiktok-internal (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity...

15,000 Fake TikTok Shop Domains Deliver Malware, Steal Crypto via AI-Driven Scam Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the veil on a widespread malicious campaign that's targeting TikTok Shop users globally with an aim to steal credentials and distribute trojanized apps. "Threat actors are exploiting the official in-app e-commerce platform through a dual attack strategy that...

WordPress plugin Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery Cross-site scripting vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports personal blog sites on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists...

Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from Douyin, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties

Taiwan's National Security Bureau NSB has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote aka Xiaohongshu, Weibo, Douyin, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes following an inspection of these apps carried ou...

Threat Actor Claims TikTok Breach, Puts 428 Million Records Up for Sale

Alleged TikTok Breach: Threat actor “Often9” claims to sell 428M user records, including emails, phones, and account details on dark web forum. TikTok is investigating!...

Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique

The malware known as Latrodectus has become the latest to embrace the widely-used social engineering technique called ClickFix as a distribution vector. "The ClickFix technique is particularly risky because it allows the malware to execute in memory rather than being written to disk," Expel said ...

CVE-2024-45240

The TikTok aka com.zhiliaoapp.musically application before 34.5.5 for Android allows the takeover of Lynxview JavaScript interfaces via deeplink traversal in the application's exposed WebView. On Android 12 and later, this is only exploitable by third-party applications...

CVE-2023-46642

Auth. admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability in sahumedia SAHU TikTok Pixel for E-Commerce plugin = 1.2.2 versions...

CVE-2022-28799

The TikTok application before 23.7.3 for Android allows account takeover. A crafted URL unvalidated deeplink can force the com.zhiliaoapp.musically WebView to load an arbitrary website. This may allow an attacker to leverage an attached JavaScript interface for the takeover with one click...

Attackers Abuse TikTok and Instagram APIs

It must be the season for API security incidents. Hot on the heels of a developer leaking an API key for private Tesla and SpaceX LLMs, researchers have now discovered a set of tools for validating account information via API abuse, leveraging undocumented TikTok and Instagram APIs. The tools, an...

CVE-2019-14319

The TikTok formerly Musical.ly application 12.2.0 for Android and iOS performs unencrypted transmission of images, videos, and likes. This allows an attacker to extract private sensitive information by sniffing network traffic...

Malicious PyPI Packages Exploit Instagram and TikTok APIs to Validate User Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index PyPI repository that act as checker tools to validate stolen email addresses against TikTok and Instagram APIs. All three packages are no longer available on PyPI. The names of the Python packages are...

UK Finfluencers: Exploring Content, Reach, and Responsibility

The rise of social media financial influencers finfluencers has significantly transformed the personal finance landscape, making financial advice and insights more accessible to a broader and younger audience. By leveraging digital platforms, these influencers have contributed to the...

TikTok Slammed With €530 Million GDPR Fine for Sending E.U. Data to China

Ireland's Data Protection Commission DPC on Friday fined popular video-sharing platform TikTok €530 million $601 million for infringing data protection regulations in the region by transferring European users' data to China. "TikTok infringed the GDPR regarding its transfers of EEA European...

MAL-2025-3122 Malicious code in tiktok_4d_webapp (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware ee7b2f7d0a2a643de495f8b050981233231b51ed49c2dabb3e2de7b908b9fa7a Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Malicious code in tiktok_4d_webapp (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware ee7b2f7d0a2a643de495f8b050981233231b51ed49c2dabb3e2de7b908b9fa7a Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

A week in security (March 3 – March 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: TikTok: Major investigation launched into platform’s use of children’s data PayPal scam abuses Docusign API to spread phishy emails Android zero-day vulnerabilities actively abused. Update as soon as you can I spoke to a task scammer. Here’s how it went Android...

TikTok: Chain Vulnerability lead to Full Control Group Live Accounts & Undeletable Creator

A vulnerability was discovered in a TikTok LIVE backend platform that could have allowed a user to gain access controls beyond their account privileges. The vulnerability was reported by @eneri...