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November 18th, 2025 at 3:56 PM

Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year

Meta on Tuesday said it has made available a tool called WhatsApp Research Proxy to some of its long-time bug bounty researchers to help improve the program and more effectively research the messaging platform's network protocol. The idea is to make it easier to delve into WhatsApp-specific technologies as the application continues to be a lucrative attack surface for state-sponsored actors and

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