A week in security (October 3 – 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Romance scammer deepfakes Mark Ruffalo to con elderly artist Actively exploited vulnerability in Bitbucket Server and Data Center Ransomware-affected school district refuses to pay, gets stolen data released Ransomware review: September 2022 Huge increase in smishi...

TikTok's "secret operation" tracks you even if you don't use it

Consumer Reports CR, a US-based nonprofit consumer organization, has revealed that TikTok gathers data on people who don't even use the app itself. If this sounds familiar, it's because it's happened before. Meta's near-omnipresence wherever you are online enabled it to gather data on users, even...

TikTok faces $28m fine for failing to protect children's privacy

TikTok is no stranger to controversy where data usage is concerned. Back in 2021, the social media dance extravaganza platform agreed to pay $92m to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging harvesting of personal data. There has also been concern with regard to whether or not settings were enough to ke...

TikTok: Remotely Accessible Container Advisor exposed performance metrics and resource usage

A vulnerability was found that caused cAdvisor Container Advisor to be publicly accessible through an 8080 port. We thank @tw4v3sx for reporting this to our team...

Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware

Plus: Albania cuts ties with Iran, claims of a TikTok data breach that didn’t happen, and much more...

TikTok: Stored XSS in the ticketing system

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability was found on a TikTok Seller endpoint, which could have resulted in a JavaScript payload injected into the endpoint causing it to be executed within the context of the victim's browser. We thank @codeslayer137 for reporting this to our team...

It’s Time to Get Real About TikTok’s Risks

US lawmakers keep warning about the popular app. But until they can explain what makes it uniquely dangerous, it’s difficult to tailor a resolution...

TikTok Denies Data Breach After Hackers Claim Stealing 2 Billion Records

By Deeba Ahmed Reports of the supposed hacking of TikTok appeared on September 3rd, 2022 on the Breach Forums which surfaced as an alternative to popular and now-sized Raidforums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TikTok Denies Data Breach After Hackers Claim Stealing 2...

TikTok Denies Data Breach Reportedly Exposing Over 2 Billion Users' Information

Popular short-form social video service TikTok denied reports that it was breached by a hacking group, after it claimed to have gained access to an insecure cloud server. "TikTok prioritizes the privacy and security of our users' data," the ByteDance-owned company told The Hacker News. "Our...

A week in security (August 29 - September 4)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Twilio data breach turns out to be more elaborate than suspected Playing Doom on a John Deere tractor with Sick Codes: Lock and Code S03E18 Chromium browsers can write to the system clipboard without your permission British Airways customers targeted in lost luggag...

TikTok Users Were Vulnerable to a Single-Click Attack

Microsoft disclosed the flaw in the Android app’s deep link verification process, which has since been fixed...

TikTok vulnerability could have allowed hijackers to take over accounts

Microsoft has released a detailed rundown of an issue, now fixed, which was potentially dangerous for users of TikTok. The problem, flagged as a "high-severity vulnerability" by Microsoft, required several steps chained together in order to function. Attackers making use of it could have...

Microsoft Discover Severe 'One-Click' Exploit for TikTok Android App

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed details of a now-patched "high severity vulnerability" in the TikTok app for Android that could let attackers take over accounts when victims clicked on a malicious link. "Attackers could have leveraged the vulnerability to hijack an account without users' awarene...

Vulnerability in TikTok Android app could lead to one-click account hijacking

Microsoft discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the TikTok Android application, which could have allowed attackers to compromise users’ accounts with a single click. The vulnerability, which would have required several issues to be chained together to exploit, has been fixed and we did not...

Vulnerability in TikTok Android app could lead to one-click account hijacking

Microsoft discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the TikTok Android application, which could have allowed attackers to compromise users’ accounts with a single click. The vulnerability, which would have required several issues to be chained together to exploit, has been fixed and we did not...

TikTok: XSS at TikTok Ads Endpoint

Vulnerability description not provided...

TikTok’s In-App Browser Can Monitor Your Activity on External Websites

By Deeba Ahmed Other iPhone apps using in-app browsers were also tested in the research but TikTok was the only app to monitor keystrokes. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TikToks In-App Browser Can Monitor Your Activity on External Websites...

Spying on the spies. See what JavaScript commands get injected by in-app browsers

Developer and privacy expert Felix Krause aka KrauseFx announced this week that he had introduced a simple tool to list the JavaScript commands executed by iOS apps when they deployed an in-app web browser to render webpages. He already shared some eye-opening results on his Twitter feed. By...

TikTok: Add products to any livestream.

An improper access control issue on a TikTok Shop endpoint could have resulted in arbitrary products being added to livestreams. We thank @datph4m for reporting this to our team...

TikTok owner ByteDance pushed a pro-China agenda to Americans, say former employees

Controversy over supposed pro-China messaging in apps from TikTok owner Bytedance continues to grow. Tales are emerging relating to a now shelved app called TopBuzz. Former employees have spoken to BuzzFeed, making claims of both pro-China content promotion and forms of censorship elsewhere...