Build38’s comprehensive approach seamlessly integrates on-device protection with advanced cloud-based hardening and threat intelligence capabilities, providing robust defense mechanisms against app cloning, app repackaging, and various other security attacks targeting your mobile apps.
Hackers use app cloning, also known as app repackaging, to distribute malicious software by disguising it as a legitimate mobile app. They take the original app’s source code, modify it to include malicious code or features, and then recompile it into a new, seemingly authentic app.
Although most app stores have improved their ability to prevent cloned apps from being uploaded, some hackers still manage to bypass these security measures and distribute their unauthorized apps within official app stores. For the most part though, these malicious clones are distributed through unofficial app stores or third-party sources, enticing unsuspecting users to install them. Once installed, these rogue apps can steal sensitive data, infect devices with malware, or perform other malicious actions, all while posing as genuine applications.
App cloning preys on user trust in well-known apps, making it a potent vector for spreading malware and compromising the security of mobile devices and the data they contain.
Our web console promptly notifies your team as soon as a suspected cloning or repackaging attempt is detected, allowing them to take immediate action, such as locking, unlocking or even permanently wiping an app, when needed.
Our user-friendly online interface empowers your team to effortlessly establish automated rules without needing to code, ensuring consistent responses to future app cloning and repackaging attempts based on predefined policies.
With our APIs, you can inform your back-end systems about security incidents, including suspected malevolent app cloning and repackaging attempts, and directly program specific responses into your back-end application logic itself. This facilitates rapid programmed responses against app cloning, repackaging, and other mobile app threats.
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