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

August 31, 2022 admin Android, cybersecurity, microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Security, TikTok, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the TikTok Android application, now identified as CVE-2022-28799 and fixed by TikTok, which could have allowed attackers to compromise users’ accounts with a single click.

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

August 19, 2022 admin Facebook, inappbrowser.com, instagram, krause, meta, news, privacy, TikTok

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A developer and privacy expert created a platform that allows iOS users to see injected JavaScript in their in-app browsers

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A week in security (July 25 – July 31)

August 8, 2022 admin a week in security, backdoor, blog recap, bytedance, cookies, data breach, google, linux, microsoft, ransomware, SQL Injection, T-Mobile, TikTok, Uber, Week in security

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The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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A week in security (July 25 – July 31)

August 1, 2022 admin a week in security, backdoor, blog recap, blog roundup, bytedance, chrome update, cookies, data breach, google, lightning framework, linux, Linux Malware, malwarebytes edr, microsoft, neopets, orwellian, prestashop, pro-china, ransomware, rdp brute-force attack, roe v. wade, SonicWall, SQL Injection, T-Mobile, TikTok, Uber, Week in security, windows 11

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:51:04 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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

July 28, 2022 admin bytedance, messaging, news, privacy, TikTok, topbuzz

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:04:07 +0000

We take a look at claims of both censorship and promotion related to various apps from the Bytedance stable.

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The Wren Eleanor story: Why you should keep your kids’ images off social media

July 21, 2022 admin @hashtagfacts, @wren.eleanor, cild predator, online child safety, personal, t.a.l.k., TikTok

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:57:00 +0000

A 3-year old TikTok influencer has got parents talking about how to keep images of their kids away from online creeps.

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The Wren Eleanor story: Why you should keep your kids off social media

July 21, 2022 admin @hashtagfacts, @wren.eleanor, cild predator, online child safety, personal, t.a.l.k., TikTok

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:57:00 +0000

A 3-year old TikTok influencer has got parents talking about how to keep images of their kids away from online creeps.

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TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC

July 5, 2022 admin ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, brendan carr, bytedance, ccp, china's trojan horse, Communist Party of China, Data Collection, Data Privacy, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, michael beckerman, Oracle, privacy, sundar pichai, surveillance tool, TikTok, tiktok privacy issues, tim cook

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:51:08 +0000

According to the FCC commissioner, TikTok being a video app is the “sheep’s clothing”, suggesting a wolf hides underneath those funny videos.

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