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TikTok confirms CNN, other high-profile accounts hijacked via zero-day vulnerability
2024-06-05 21:45

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Celebrity TikTok Accounts Compromised Using Zero-Click Attack via DMs
2024-06-05 06:22

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...

TikTok fixes zero-day bug used to hijack high-profile accounts
2024-06-04 21:57

Over the past week, attackers have hijacked high-profile TikTok accounts belonging to multiple companies and celebrities, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the social media's direct messages feature. As Forbes reported today, the exploit used by the attackers to hack the accounts via DMs only needs the targets to open the malicious message and doesn't require downloading a payload or clicking embedded links.

OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok Crack Down on Covert Influence Campaigns, Some AI-Powered
2024-05-31 08:11

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...

DoJ, ByteDance ask court: Hurry up and rule on TikTok ban already
2024-05-20 13:30

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TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law
2024-05-07 19:02

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US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate
2024-04-22 13:00

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Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster
2024-04-01 13:15

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Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks
2024-03-14 23:35

In a letter to National Counterintelligence and Security Center director Michael Casey, US senator Ron Wyden urged the White House threat-intel arm to sound the alarm on commercial safes and locks. Most commercially available safes include manufacturer reset codes for their locks to help consumers if they lose or forget the code they set.

US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan
2024-03-14 01:46

The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - a law aimed at forcing TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app's US operations or face the prospect of a ban. The bill names only TikTok as a "Foreign adversary controlled application" and prohibits "Providing services to distribute, maintain, or update" the app - including by offering it for sale in an app store.