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A week in security (June 17 – June 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Microsoft Recall delayed after privacy and security concerns Almost everything you always wanted to know about cybersecurity, but were too afraid to ask, with Tjitske de Vries: Lock and Code S05E13 43% of couples experience pressure to share logins and locations,...

TikTok facing fresh lawsuit in US over children’s privacy

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has announced its referred a complaint against TikTok and parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice. The investigation originally focused on Musical.ly which was acquired by ByteDance on November 10, 2017, and merged it into TikTok. The FTC started a...

Few But High-Profile TikTok Accounts Hacked Via Zero-Click Attack in DM

TikTok accounts are being hacked! Celebrities and brands targeted in zero-click attack. Learn more about this major security…...

Big name TikTok accounts hijacked after opening DM

High profile TikTok accounts, including CNN, Sony, and—er­—Paris Hilton have been targeted in a recent attack. CNN was the first account takeover that made the news, with Semafor reporting that the account was down for several days after the incident. According to Forbes, the attack happens witho...

Celebrity TikTok Accounts Compromised Using Zero-Click Attack via DMs

Popular video-sharing platform TikTok has acknowledged a security issue that has been exploited by threat actors to take control of high-profile accounts on the platform. The development was first reported by Semafor and Forbes, which detailed a zero-click account takeover campaign that allows...

TikTok Hack Targets ‘High-Profile’ Users via DMs

TikTok has confirmed a “potential exploit” that is being used to go after accounts belonging to media organizations and celebrities, including CNN and Paris Hilton, through direct messages...

OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok Crack Down on Covert Influence Campaigns, Some AI-Powered

OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations IO originating from China, Iran, Israel, and Russia that sought to abuse its artificial intelligence AI tools to manipulate public discourse or political outcomes online while obscuring their true identity...

TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban

The US Senate has approved a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular app. Social video platform TikTok has experienced explosive growth since it first appeared in 2017, and is now said to have well over 1.5...

TikTok: Account Takeover via Authentication Bypass in TikTok Account Recovery

An improper authentication mechanism in TikTok's account recovery process was identified. The vulnerability was reported and has been completely fixed. There was no evidence of exploitation...

Social media influencers targeted by identity thieves

Social media influencers are attractive targets for identity thieves. With large followings and a literal influence on their followers, its no wonder they are targeted by scammers and spreaders of fake news. A subset of influencers are the so-called "finfluencers": influencers that provide their...

A week in security (March 11 – March 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year Webinar recap: 6 critical cyberthreats in 2024 and how to counter them TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance Malwarebytes Premium blocks 100% of malware...

TikTok: Lynxview JS interfaces Takeover via deeplink traversal

The application had vulnerabilities that could have allowed the takeover of JavaScript interfaces via the application's exposed Webview. The issues were only present in older versions of the Android application and were addressed after the researcher reported them to the team...

TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular app. TikTok is an immensely popular social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover, short video clips. It...

TikTok’s latest actions to combat misinformation shows it’s not just a U.S. problem

When we talk about the term "fake news," most people likely picture a certain person who made the term infamous. And when we talk about misinformation and disinformation, many will remember the "Russian troll farms" that popped up during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and were unmasked and...

TikTok: Reflected XSS on Pangle Endpoint

The summary is as follows: A cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability was found at the Pangle endpoint via the 'redirect' parameter. This was caused by the reflection of user-supplied data without appropriate HTML escaping or output encoding. The vulnerability was fixed and additional mitigations...

TikTok: Stored-XSS-ads.tiktok.com

A stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability was found on a TikTok Ads endpoint, allowing MP4 video files or files with HTML or JS code to be executed in a user's browser...

TikTok Editorial Analysis

TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. This is a serious analysis, and the methodology looks sound. Conclusion: Substantial Differences in Hashtag Ratios Raise Concerns about TikToks Impartiality Given the research above, we assess a strong possibility...

TikTok: HTML Injection on TikTok Ads

A HTML injection vulnerability was found in a TikTok Ads endpoint. The vulnerability could have allowed arbitrary HTML or phishing content to be injected. The issue was responsibly disclosed...