Security analysis: WhatsApp Messenger

Case summary

The target, observed result, and important findings.

Status
Current evaluation: Limited evidence: interaction stalled
Findings: 3Medium
Submitted URL: http://governanceresearch.org/ Search for this value.
Effective URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&referrer=utm_source%3Dwebsite%26utm_campaign%3Dwebsite_cta Search for this value.
Final URL: https://www.whatsapp.com/download Search for this value.
Domain registration: governanceresearch.org8-30 days oldRegistered 2026-10-02 · Registrar GO54 LIMITED
Language: Detecting...
Network: 187 requests across 18 hosts
Cookies: 35 observed
Favicon: f343b301…b79d1875 Search for this value.
Infrastructure: Loading...
Behavior: 0 recorded events
Interaction: 5 actions · 0 submissions · stopped: repeated state · download stage: click limit
1. clicksucceeded [dispatched]
2. clicksucceededOpen app [dispatched]
3. clicksucceededNext slide [dispatched]
4. download control presssucceededDownload WhatsApp directly
5. download control presssucceededDownload
A successful press does not prove that a file arrived. Check the Payloads tab for recorded files.

The summary page has no captured screenshot.

Analysis metadata

How and when the analysis ran.

Input kind: url
Execution kind: capture
Duration: 1.4m
Navigation: 6 navigations
Engine version: 0.4.0
Created: 2026-10-25 23:08:39Z

Started: 2026-10-25 23:08:40Z
Finished: 2026-10-25 23:10:06Z
Archive: -
Favicon source: html_link / favicon-v6
Analysis ID: 60f2446f-2b37...

Signals by severity

Detected findings grouped by risk

Request activity

Network requests grouped by resource type

Behavior

Recorded actions grouped by type

Network contacts

Requests to the most active hosts

Request ownership

First-party and third-party requests

Response MIME types

Network responses grouped by MIME type

Navigation

	Nav	Status	Method	Domain	Path	Type	Size

Observed cookies

Response declarations and context-wide browser observations. Navigation identifies where a jar was inspected, not which page set each cookie.

HTTP headers: complete

Browser snapshots: complete

Name	Domain	Path	Source	Attributes

Browser collection history

document_ready · 2026-10-25T23:08:45.017386Z · navigation 1
Collection: complete
dom_ready · 2026-10-25T23:08:45.048722Z · navigation 1
Collection: complete
network_idle · 2026-10-25T23:08:46.824796Z · navigation 1
Collection: complete
pre_interaction · 2026-10-25T23:08:47.010534Z · navigation 1
Collection: complete
interaction-00-before · 2026-10-25T23:08:49.975752Z · navigation 1
Collection: complete
document_ready · 2026-10-25T23:08:56.569277Z · navigation 3
Collection: complete
interaction-00-after · 2026-10-25T23:08:57.423464Z · navigation 3
Collection: complete
interaction-01-before · 2026-10-25T23:08:57.697549Z · navigation 3
Collection: complete
document_ready · 2026-10-25T23:09:03.844873Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
interaction-01-after · 2026-10-25T23:09:05.902079Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
interaction-02-before · 2026-10-25T23:09:06.296245Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
interaction-02-after · 2026-10-25T23:09:14.501384Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
interaction-03-before · 2026-10-25T23:09:15.063274Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
interaction-03-after · 2026-10-25T23:09:17.809115Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
interaction-04-before · 2026-10-25T23:09:18.180899Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
document_ready · 2026-10-25T23:09:21.628028Z · navigation 5
Collection: complete
interaction-04-after · 2026-10-25T23:09:25.903538Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
final · 2026-10-25T23:09:25.936731Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete
settled · 2026-10-25T23:09:25.986188Z · navigation 4
Collection: complete