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Oh, so you are reverse engineering and thoroughly analyzing every WhatsApp update? That's reassuring. Cause otherwise I'd have said nobody does this on a regula
by iforgotpassword 7y ago
Oh, so you are reverse engineering and thoroughly analyzing every WhatsApp update? That's reassuring. Cause otherwise I'd have said nobody does this on a regular basis which would mean it still is a viable method.
- gdfasfklshg4 7y agoTheir is an entire industry that either is already or definitely would be doing this if there were deliberate bugs in Apps.
- whenchamenia 7y agoThere is, and there are.
- bouncycastle 7y agoIt could be a very lucrative business. Some companies pay up to a million dollars for a WhatsApp bug https://zerodium.com/program.html https://zerodium.com/program.html There is also a black-market that can be even more lucrative. A bug could be jackpot for criminals. See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_zero-day_exploits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_zero-day_exploits So yes, I'm pretty sure that there are various teams, including white-hats such as Google, black-hats, nation-states such as China / Russia, analyzing each and every update. There was also an interesting article on hackernews a while back demonstrating the technique, there are some nice tools for this. Sorry, can't find the link now.