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.
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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