Meta Enhances WhatsApp Security with Research Proxy and Anti-Scraping Measures
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Meta has introduced a new tool, WhatsApp Research Proxy, to aid security researchers in studying WhatsApp's network protocol. The tool aims to improve the platform's security against state-sponsored actors and commercial spyware vendors. Additionally, Meta has awarded over $25 million in bug bounties over 15 years, with $4 million paid out this year. The company also patched several vulnerabilities, including a WhatsApp security flaw that could expose 3.5 billion phone numbers and a Unity application vulnerability on Quest devices.
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18.11.2025 17:56 1 articles · 23h ago
Meta Introduces WhatsApp Research Proxy and Anti-Scraping Measures
Meta has launched the WhatsApp Research Proxy tool to aid security researchers in studying WhatsApp's network protocol. The company has also awarded over $25 million in bug bounties over 15 years, with $4 million paid out this year. Meta patched several vulnerabilities, including a flaw that could expose 3.5 billion phone numbers and a Unity application vulnerability on Quest devices. Additionally, anti-scraping protections were added to prevent large-scale user data enumeration.
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- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56
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Meta introduced the WhatsApp Research Proxy tool to help researchers study WhatsApp's network protocol.
First reported: 18.11.2025 17:561 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56
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Meta awarded over $25 million in bug bounties to 1,400 researchers from 88 countries in 15 years.
First reported: 18.11.2025 17:561 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56
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Meta paid out $4 million in bug bounties this year for almost 800 valid reports.
First reported: 18.11.2025 17:561 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56
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A WhatsApp security flaw could expose 3.5 billion phone numbers by exploiting a contact discovery feature.
First reported: 18.11.2025 17:561 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56
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Meta patched a vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489) that could allow arbitrary code execution on Quest devices.
First reported: 18.11.2025 17:561 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56
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Meta added anti-scraping protections to WhatsApp to prevent enumeration of user accounts at scale.
First reported: 18.11.2025 17:561 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year — thehackernews.com — 18.11.2025 17:56