WhatsApp recently announced that the vulnerabilities disclosed during the Pwn2Own competition were of low impact, with no capability for arbitrary code execution. This outcome came as a disappointment to the organizers and participants who were anticipating more severe findings that could justify the prize money on offer.
The implications of this result are twofold. On one hand, it highlights the robustness of WhatsApp’s security architecture, indicating no critical flaws were discovered during the event. On the other hand, the withdrawal from such competitions may lead to complacency in security enhancement efforts, as overall threat assessments could become less rigorous. The low-risk nature of the reported vulnerabilities suggests that while some issues do exist, they are not immediately threatening to users’ safety, which is a crucial aspect for an app with billions of users.
👉 Pročitaj original: SecurityWeek
