App Protector Q1 2025 Release: New Security Features to Stay Ahead of Mobile Threats

What Is App Protector?

App Protector is an advanced mobile security suite built with seamless protection in mind. It offers a multi-layered defense strategy through four core components:

1. Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) – Detects and mitigates real-time threats within running apps.
2. Advanced Code Obfuscation – Shields sensitive code from reverse engineering and tampering.
3. Mobile App Integrity Check – Ensures the authenticity and reliability of app code and its behavior.
4. Centralized Monitoring Portal – Provides full visibility and real-time threat alerts for continuous protection.

Together, these components deliver holistic mobile security.

New in Q1 2025: Key Feature Updates

We’ve introduced several high-impact features to further strengthen App Protector’s defense capabilities. Here’s what’s new:

1. Remote Access Detection & Mitigation

Remote access attacks remain a potent tool in a cybercriminal’s arsenal, often involving Remote Access Trojans (RATs) like SpyNote or Cerberus. These malicious apps gain full control of a device, enabling attackers to monitor screens, harvest credentials, and even perform transactions.

How App Protector Fights Back:

• On Android:
  • Detects remote access via abuse of Accessibility Services.
  • Detects Screen Recording (Android 14+).
  • Flags Screen Overlays that may capture input through phishing overlays.
• On iOS:
  • Detects screen sharing via AirPlay, screen recording, and mirroring, alerting users or terminating the app session.

⚠️ While RASP can detect misuse of accessibility permissions and screen-sharing behaviors, it cannot directly detect malware presence or override user-granted permissions.

2. Ongoing Call Detection: Social Engineering Defense

Fraudsters often use social engineering tactics by calling users while they access mobile banking apps, pressuring them into sharing sensitive information like OTPs.

Two Real-World Scenarios:

• Call Before App Use: A call begins before the banking app is opened.
• Call During App Use: The app is active when a suspicious call starts.

App Protector’s Response:

• Monitors for active calls during app use.
• Terminates the session or notifies the user to prevent fraudulent transactions under pressure.

Ongoing call detection helps counter vishing (voice phishing) attacks, significantly reducing the risk of real-time fraud.

3. Online Integrity Check: Real-Time Tamper Detection

Ensuring that an application hasn’t been modified or re-signed is crucial for preventing data theft, fraud, and reverse engineering. Offline checks alone are no longer enough.

Why It Matters:

• Attackers may repackage your app, inject malicious code, and trick users into installing it.
• Some users may intentionally modify apps to exploit functionality for personal gain.

App Protector's Integrity Check:

• Offline Integrity Check: Validates app signature on the device using pre-stored values.
• NEW – Online Integrity Check:
  • Verifies app signature with the backend server in real-time.
  • Ensures authenticity with server-side validation.
  • Automatically falls back to offline check if no Internet connection is available.

This dual-layered approach ensures continuous protection, online or offline.

Ready to Level Up Your Mobile Security?

App Protector’s Q1 2025 release is a significant leap forward in tackling the most pressing threats in mobile security. Whether you're facing vishing, screen-sharing attacks, or app tampering, these new features offer the proactive protection modern mobile apps demand.

Stay secure. Stay ahead. Get in touch to upgrade or learn more.

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