Comparison Overview

WhatsApp

VS

Instagram

WhatsApp

1 Hacker Way, None, Menlo Park, California, US, 94025
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 650 and 699

WhatsApp is a fast, simple and reliable way to talk to anyone in the world. More than 1.5 billion people across 180+ countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is not only free but also available on multiple mobile devices and in low connectivity areas — making it accessible and reliable wherever you are. It's a simple and secure way to share your favorite moments, send important information or catch up with a friend. WhatsApp helps people connect and share no matter where they are in the world. For many people in the world WhatsApp is a lifeline. We're looking for engineers, designers, researchers, product managers, technical program managers, customer ops, consumer marketing, and more. Come join our teams and make impact at scale.

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 3,264
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
4
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Instagram

None
Last Update: 2025-11-22
Between 750 and 799

More than one billion people around the world use Instagram, and we’re proud to be bringing them closer to the people and things they love. Instagram inspires people to see the world differently, discover new interests, and express themselves. Since launching in 2010, our community has grown at a rapid pace. Our teams are growing fast, too, and we’re looking for talent across engineering, product management, design, research, analytics, technical program management, operations, and more. In addition to our headquarters in Menlo Park, we have thriving offices in New York City and San Francisco where teams are doing impactful work every day.

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 43,423
Subsidiaries: 21
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
11
Attack type number
4

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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WhatsApp
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Instagram
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
WhatsApp
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Instagram
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

WhatsApp has 809.09% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Instagram in 2025.

Incident History — WhatsApp (X = Date, Y = Severity)

WhatsApp cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Instagram (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Instagram cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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WhatsApp
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Malicious message (WhatsApp), Exploit chaining (Apple Image I/O + WhatsApp sync flaw), Zero-click (no user interaction required)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 4/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: File Attachment Spoofing
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 3/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Zero-Day Vulnerability
Motivation: Surveillance
Blog: Blog
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Instagram
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Contact Discovery Feature Abuse, Brute-Force Queries, Metadata Exploitation
Motivation: Data Harvesting, Targeted Phishing Preparation, Identity-Based Social Engineering, Fraud Enablement
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: abuse of platform feature, lack of rate limiting, automated enumeration
Motivation: research purposes, demonstration of vulnerability, potential for malicious exploitation by third parties
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Unsafe deserialization (Python pickle), ZeroMQ (ZMQ) misuse
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Instagram company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to WhatsApp company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Instagram company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to WhatsApp company.

In the current year, Instagram company has reported more cyber incidents than WhatsApp company.

Neither Instagram company nor WhatsApp company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Instagram company and WhatsApp company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Instagram company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while WhatsApp company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both WhatsApp company and Instagram company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Instagram company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to WhatsApp company.

Instagram company employs more people globally than WhatsApp company, reflecting its scale as a Software Development.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds HIPAA certification.

Neither WhatsApp nor Instagram holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H