TikTok

French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Million for violating cookie laws

French data protection watchdog fined short-form video hosting service TikTok €5 million for breaking cookie consent rules. The Commission nationale de…

3 years ago

TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed the use of TikTok data to track journalists

ByteDance admitted that its employees accessed TikTok data to track journalists to identify the source of leaks to the media.…

3 years ago

Attackers abused the popular TikTok Invisible Challenge to spread info-stealer

Threat actors are exploiting interest in a popular TikTok challenge, dubbed Invisible Challenge, to trick users into downloading info-stealing malware.…

3 years ago

Updated TikTok Privacy Policy confirms that Chinese staff can access European users’ data

TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”) and confirmed that its Chinese staff can access their users' data.…

3 years ago

TikTok denies data breach following leak of user data

Threat actors published a sample of data allegedly stolen from TikTok, but the company denies it was breached. The hacking…

3 years ago

A flaw in TikTok Android app could have allowed the hijacking of users’ accounts

Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in the TikTok app for Android that could lead to one-click account hijacking. Microsoft researchers discovered…

3 years ago

Phishing campaign targets Tiktok influencer accounts

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them.…

4 years ago

Expert found a 1-Click RCE in the TikTok App for Android

Egyptian security researcher Sayed Abdelhafiz discovered multiple bugs in TikTok Android Application that can be chained to achieve Remote code…

5 years ago

ByteDance agreed to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement for TikTok data collection

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users for illegal data collection.…

5 years ago

TikTok fixed security issues that could have led one-click account takeover

TikTok has addressed a couple of security issues that could have been chained to led account takeover.  The first issue…

5 years ago

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