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Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique
2025-05-23 17:24

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...

TikTok videos + ClickFix tactic = Malware infection
2025-05-23 12:37

Malware peddlers are using TikTok videos and the ClickFix tactic to trick users into installing infostealer malware on their computers, Trend Micro researchers have warned. The videos are getting...

TikTok videos now push infostealer malware in ClickFix attacks
2025-05-23 09:50

Cybercriminals are using TikTok videos to trick users into infecting themselves with Vidar and StealC information-stealing malware in ClickFix attacks. [...]

Malicious PyPI Packages Exploit Instagram and TikTok APIs to Validate User Accounts
2025-05-20 05:49

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...

Trump promises protection for TikTok, for which he has a ‘warm spot in my heart’
2025-05-05 06:58

Hails DOGE operatives for computer skills during interview in which he also flubbed some tech investment figures US President Donald Trump has said TikTok will be “very strongly protected” as the...

TikTok Slammed With €530 Million GDPR Fine for Sending E.U. Data to China
2025-05-02 12:25

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday fined popular video-sharing platform TikTok €530 million ($601 million) for infringing data protection regulations in the region by...

TikTok fined €530 million for sending European user data to China
2025-05-02 12:14

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €530 million (over $601 million) for illegally transferring the personal data of users in the European Economic Area (EEA) to China,...

UK watchdog probes TikTok and Reddit over child privacy concerns
2025-03-03 16:22

On Monday, the United Kingdom's privacy watchdog announced that it is investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur because of privacy concerns about how they are processing children's data. [...]

U.K. ICO Investigates TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur Over Children's Data Protection Practices
2025-03-03 13:56

The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has opened an investigation into online platforms TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur to assess the steps they are taking to protect children between the...

UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns
2025-03-03 12:23

ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations The UK's data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the...