TikTok (tiktok.com) is a short video clip website owned by ByteDance (bytedance.com). TikTok users can upload videos that range from 3 seconds to 10 minutes, making it a cross between Vine (vine.co) and YouTube (youtube.com). Though owned by a Chinese company, TikTok is mostly used by non-Chinese people, and a Chinese counterpart Douyin (douyin.com), owned by the same parent company, gets the most Chinese traffic.

As of February 2023, the site tiktok.com has 1.7 billion monthly views, acccording to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that tiktok.com was founded on September 2016.

Is tiktok.com Safe?

I analyzed tiktok.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam. Here are the results:

I checked tiktok.com on Sucuri, and it returned with no issues. Results: Sucuri scan for the site bytedance.com.

TikTok.com Sucuri results

Security hardening flaws:

  • Missing security header for ClickJacking Protection. Affected pages:
    https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/404javascript.js
    https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/404testpage4525d2fdc
  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
    https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/404javascript.js
    https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/404testpage4525d2fdc
  • Missing Content-Security-Policy directive. Affected pages:
    https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/404javascript.js
    https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/404testpage4525d2fdc

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on tiktok.com and it is clean. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for the site tiktok.com.

I also checked tiktok.com on VirusTotal, and it is clean. Results: VirusTotal scan for the site tiktok.com.

TikTok.com VirusTotal results
Further, tiktok.com passed all blocklist engines on URLVoid. Results: URLVoid scan for tiktok.com.

In conclusion, the site tiktok.com is a low security risk and doesn’t have malware according to Sucuri. Unmask Parasites says tiktok.com is clean. No security vendors associated with Sucuri or VirusTotal have flagged the domain tiktok.com as malicious. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: tiktok.com

References

1. SimilarWeb – tiktok.com

2. Wayback Machine – tiktok.com