Cell Manufacturers and Enterprises Can Now Add Geo-Location Fencing and Geo DeSync Detection to Android & iOS Apps with No Code, No SDK and No Server Wanted
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Appdome, the cell app economic system’s one-stop store for cell protection, at present introduced it has enhanced its award-winning Geo-Fraud Detection service to incorporate two new defenses: Geo-Location Fencing and Geo DeSync Assault Detection. Mixed with different Geo-Compliance options accessible on the Appdome platform, cell app builders and enterprises can get rid of location-based fraud, guarantee geo-compliance and ship location related consumer experiences in cell apps free from location spoofing, pretend location, VPNs, Pretend GPS Apps and different threats.
Geo-fencing is important in finance apps and different regulated industries that want to fulfill Know Your Buyer (KYC) and different compliance mandates, such because the US Federal Monetary Establishments Examination Council (FFIEC), EU Common Information Safety Regulation (GDPR), and the Financial Authority of Singapore (MAS) necessities. Geo-fencing allows cell app builders to limit or restrict app entry on a rustic or regional stage, guaranteeing that operations are compliant with native legal guidelines and rules.
A Geo Desync Assault is a cyber-attack that deliberately creates mismatches in location knowledge on a cell system. By manipulating GPS coordinates, altering the time zone settings, and falsifying accelerometer readings, attackers can deceive location-based companies and safety programs. Any such assault can result in inaccurate monitoring, unauthorized entry, and potential breaches of safety protocols, undermining the integrity of location-dependent purposes and companies.
“Detecting geo associated fraud is a high precedence in at present’s cell app economic system. Attackers are more and more utilizing location spoofing to keep away from compliance, for instance,” stated Eric Newcomer, CTO and Principal Analyst at Intellyx. “Cell apps depend on correct location for his or her companies and are more and more required to substantiate system location to keep up belief. Appdome’s cell Geo Compliance service reduces developer complexity for implementing superior geo-compliance safety features.”
Not like legacy geo compliance choices that depend on proprietary, expensive, and vendor-built geo service networks, the Appdome Geo Compliance resolution zeros in on defending the cell system’s built-in location companies and ensures these companies haven’t been abused or tampered with. Appdome’s method eliminates the necessity for third-party networks, SDKs, advanced server-based implementations and doesn’t require third-party month-to-month utilization charges, permitting the enforcement to work even when the system shouldn’t be network-connected.
“Providing a broad vary of cell Geo Compliance options beneath a single pane of glass with different safety and anti-fraud defenses is a sport changer,” stated Tom Tovar, co-creator and CEO of Appdome. “These added Geo-Fraud defenses showcase how the Appdome platform is uniquely extensible, and permits manufacturers, builders and enterprises alike to unravel a number of cell app protection goals concurrently in the identical automated workflow.”
The total Appdome Cell Geo-Compliance resolution places an finish to geo-fraud by detecting pretend location, pretend GPS apps, fraudulent location, detect VPN, no SIM (pretend system), teleportation, Geo DeSync and different assaults. Prospects merely choose the Geo-Compliance options wanted in any Android & iOS apps and provoke the construct command from CI/CD or utilizing the Appdome Platform’s “Construct My App” button. Appdome’s patented expertise makes use of machine studying to code the defenses into every utility, so cell builders do not must.
“Compliance was the early driver for our geo-fraud resolution, however now there’s a lot extra clients are getting out of it,” stated Chris Roeckl, Chief Product Officer of Appdome. “Stopping location-fraud and guaranteeing legitimate, actual location in cell purposes is common throughout each Android & iOS app, whether or not it is a streaming, relationship, restaurant, retail, gig economic system or different app. True location is what we ship in these cell apps.”
The Appdome Geo-Compliance resolution is out there in a number of enforcement modes together with superior telemetry and customised responses or workflows when geo compliance threats are detected, and monitoring geo-fraud assaults through the Appdome ThreatScope™ Cell XDR, both earlier than or after the deployment of geo-location defenses through the Appdome platform.
See the complete Appdome Cell Geo-Compliance resolution reside at Black Hat USA August 3-8, 2024 in sales space #1350.
For extra info on Appdome Geo-Compliance capabilities and to ebook a customized demo, go to https://www.appdome.com/mobile-fraud-detection/geo-compliance/.
About Appdome
The Appdome mission is to guard each cell app and cell consumer on the earth. Appdome gives the cell trade’s solely Unified Cell App Protection platform, powered by a patented cell coding engine, Risk-Occasions™ Risk-Conscious UX/UI Management, and ThreatScope™ Cell XDR. Utilizing Appdome, cell manufacturers get rid of complexity, ship sooner and lower your expenses by delivering 300+ Licensed Safe™ cell app safety, anti-malware, anti-fraud, cell anti-bot, anti-cheat, geo compliance, MiTM assault prevention, code obfuscation, social engineering and different protections in Android and iOS apps with ease, contained in the cell DevOps and CI/CD pipeline. Main financial, healthcare, authorities and m-commerce manufacturers use Appdome to guard Android and iOS apps, cell clients and cell companies globally. Appdome holds a number of patents together with U.S. Patents 9,934,017 B2, 10,310,870 B2, 10,606,582 B2, 11,243,748 B2 and 11,294,663 B2. Further patents pending.
SOURCE Appdome
