Remote Desktop Control: Detects third-party applications, such as TeamViewer, used in social engineering attacks to remotely control mobile devices and applications.
Biometric (FaceID) Bypass: Detects when an attacker attempts to spoof, fake or bypass biometric (facial) recognition in Android and iOS mobile apps, such as in GoldPickaxe.
SIM Swapping: Detects when an attacker uses the mobile application with a replacement SIM card that the attacker controls.
Admin-SU Profiles: Detects if the device has an MDM, admin-SU, or similar profile installed on the device, which could spy or control the user’s application.
Trojan Apps: Prevent trojan apps, embedded with Malware such as FjordPhantom, used to spy on end users and gather data for social engineering attacks.
The new Social Engineering Prevention features can be deployed stand alone or combined with any or all of Appdome’s 300+ other mobile app security, anti-fraud, anti-malware, geolocation compliance and other defenses.
Together, Appdome makes it easy for mobile brands to unify mobile app defenses vs. the cost and complexity of cobbling together several disparate technologies to attempt to achieve a workable defense.
Like all of Appdome’s mobile app defenses, the new social engineering prevention features are available in several enforcement modes – in app defense, in app detection, and using Appdome’s Threat-Events™ in-app control framework.
Threat-Events allows mobile brands to gather data on each attack, control the user experience and create beautiful on-brand mobile experiences when attacks happen.
Mobile brands can use Threat-Events to leverage the power of their brand voice to break the cycle of a social engineering attack by restricting transactions, triggering SMS check-ins or educating users with in-app popups when threats are present.
Mobile brands can track and monitor social engineering attacks via Appdome’s ThreatScope™ Mobile XDR, either before or after deployment of social engineering prevention features.
