TikTok may have exposed users’ confidential information: Research

A study undertaken by Check Point Research has uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in the mobile app, TikTok.

The study found that users, including teenagers and kids, use the app to save private (and sometimes very sensitive) videos of themselves and their loved ones.

The videos were found to be at risk of being leaked.

Spoofed SMS messages

The research also found that an attacker could send a spoofed SMS message to a user containing a malicious link. When the user clicked on the malicious link, the attacker was able to get a hold of the TikTok account and manipulate its content by deleting videos, uploading unauthorised videos, and making private or “hidden” videos public.