Mobile Brands and Enterprises Can Now Add
Geo-Location Fencing and Geo DeSync Detection to Android & iOS
Apps with No Code, No SDK and No Server Needed
REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., July 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Appdome, the mobile app
economy's one-stop shop for mobile defense, today announced it has
enhanced its award-winning Geo-Fraud Detection service
to include two new defenses: Geo-Location Fencing and Geo DeSync
Attack Detection. Combined with other Geo-Compliance features
available on the Appdome platform, mobile app developers and
enterprises can eliminate location-based fraud, ensure
geo-compliance and deliver location relevant user experiences in
mobile apps free from location spoofing, fake location, VPNs, Fake
GPS Apps and other threats.
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Geo-fencing is essential in finance apps and other regulated
industries that need to meet Know Your Customer (KYC) and other
compliance mandates, such as the US Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), EU General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Monetary Authority of
Singapore (MAS) requirements.
Geo-fencing enables mobile app developers to restrict or limit app
access on a country or regional level, ensuring that operations are
compliant with local laws and regulations.
A Geo Desync Attack is a cyber-attack that intentionally creates
mismatches in location data on a mobile device. By manipulating GPS
coordinates, altering the time zone settings, and falsifying
accelerometer readings, attackers can deceive location-based
services and security systems. This type of attack can lead to
inaccurate tracking, unauthorized access, and potential breaches of
security protocols, undermining the integrity of location-dependent
applications and services.
"Detecting geo related fraud is a top priority in
today's mobile app economy. Attackers are increasingly using
location spoofing to avoid compliance, for example," said
Eric Newcomer, CTO and Principal
Analyst at Intellyx. "Mobile apps rely on accurate location for
their services and are increasingly required to confirm device
location to maintain trust. Appdome's mobile Geo Compliance service
reduces developer complexity for implementing advanced
geo-compliance security features."
Unlike legacy geo compliance offerings that rely on proprietary,
costly, and vendor-built geo service networks, the Appdome Geo
Compliance solution zeros in on protecting the mobile device's
built-in location services and ensures these services have not been
abused or tampered with. Appdome's approach eliminates the need for
third-party networks, SDKs, complex server-based implementations
and does not require third-party monthly usage fees, allowing the
enforcement to work even if the device is not
network-connected.
"Offering a broad range of mobile Geo Compliance features under
a single pane of glass with other security and
anti-fraud defenses is a game changer," said
Tom Tovar, co-creator and CEO of
Appdome. "These added Geo-Fraud defenses showcase how
the Appdome platform is uniquely extensible, and allows brands,
developers and enterprises alike to solve multiple mobile app
defense objectives simultaneously in the same automated
workflow."
The full Appdome Mobile Geo-Compliance solution puts an end to
geo-fraud by detecting fake location, fake GPS apps,
fraudulent location, detect VPN, no SIM (fake device),
teleportation, Geo DeSync and other attacks. Customers simply
select the Geo-Compliance features needed in any Android & iOS
apps and initiate the build command from CI/CD or using the Appdome
Platform's "Build My App" button. Appdome's patented technology
uses machine learning to code the defenses into each application,
so mobile developers don't have to.
"Compliance was the early driver for our geo-fraud
solution, but now there's so much more customers are getting out of
it," said Chris Roeckl, Chief
Product Officer of Appdome. "Stopping location-fraud
and ensuring valid, real location in mobile applications is
universal across every Android & iOS app, whether it's a
streaming, dating, restaurant, retail, gig economy or other app.
True location is what we deliver in these mobile apps."
The Appdome Geo-Compliance solution is available in multiple
enforcement modes including advanced telemetry and customized
responses or workflows when geo compliance threats are detected,
and monitoring geo-fraud attacks via the Appdome
ThreatScope™ Mobile XDR, either before or after the deployment of
geo-location defenses via the Appdome platform.
See the full Appdome Mobile Geo-Compliance solution live at
Black Hat USA August 3-8, 2024 in booth #1350.
For more information on Appdome Geo-Compliance capabilities and
to book a personalized demo,
visit https://www.appdome.com/mobile-fraud-detection/geo-compliance/.
About Appdome
The Appdome mission is to protect every mobile app and mobile user
in the world. Appdome provides the mobile industry's only Unified
Mobile App Defense platform, powered by a patented mobile coding
engine, Threat-Events™ Threat-Aware UX/UI Control, and ThreatScope™
Mobile XDR. Using Appdome, mobile brands eliminate complexity, ship
faster and save money by delivering 300+ Certified Secure™ mobile
app security, anti-malware, anti-fraud, mobile
anti-bot, anti-cheat, geo compliance, MiTM attack prevention, code
obfuscation, social engineering and other protections in Android
and iOS apps with ease, inside the mobile DevOps and CI/CD
pipeline. Leading financial, healthcare, government and m-commerce
brands use Appdome to protect Android and iOS apps, mobile
customers and mobile businesses globally. Appdome holds several
patents including U.S. Patents 9,934,017 B2, 10,310,870 B2,
10,606,582 B2, 11,243,748 B2 and 11,294,663 B2. Additional patents
pending.
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