A phishing-as-a-service operation dubbed Milk Dragon, also known as NaiLong, is abusing discount-themed Facebook and TikTok posts to steal payment-card data and intercept multi-factor authentication (MFA) challenges. Group-IB identified 258 phishing pages linked to the kit since October 2025, with victims across 66 countries. Rather than relying on classic delivery-failure notices, bank alerts, or account-lockout […]

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A Texas judge found TikTok liable for misleading parents about child safety controls, shifting the case toward penalties and possible restrictions.

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TikTok and ByteDance agree to pay up to $400 million to settle US allegations involving children’s data, parental consent and account deletion.

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Australia’s under-16 social media ban faces scrutiny after testers found major platforms did not ask for age proof.

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In a move that bucks the entire industry trend, TikTok has confirmed it will not implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages on its platform — arguing that E2EE would make users less safe. We break down what’s really going on: the child safety argument, the privacy counterargument, the geopolitical questions surrounding ByteDance, and what […]

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TikTok has shifted to a majority-American entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, LLC, to comply with U.S. national security requirements and avoid a ban. This week we discuss why a recent privacy policy update went viral—especially language about sensitive data like immigration status and precise location—and argue much of it reflects longstanding practices and required California […]

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