Appdome, the mobile app economy’s one-stop shop for mobile defense, has added Geo-Location Fencing and Geo DeSync Attack Detection to its award-winning Geo-Fraud Detection service. This addition allows mobile app developers and enterprises to eliminate location-based fraud, ensure geo-compliance, and deliver location-relevant user experiences in mobile apps. Geo-fencing is essential in finance apps and other regulated industries to meet Know Your Customer (KYC) and 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).

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 when 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 needing third-party networks, SDKs, and complex server-based implementations. It 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 complete Appdome Mobile Geo-Compliance solution ends geo-fraud by detecting fake locations, fake GPS apps, fraudulent locations, VPNs, no SIM (fake device), teleportation, Geo DeSync, and other attacks. Customers 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 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 complete 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/.