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Inside Secure Delivers Application Protection to Defend against Malicious Attacks on Android Java Devices
Inside Secure (Paris:INSD) (Euronext Paris: INSD), at the heart
of security solutions for mobile and connected devices, today announced
that it has released its Core security technology specifically for
Android (News - Alert) applications. Core for Android brings an unprecedented level of
security capability in the Android environment by, for the first time,
building a deep integrity network inside the applications. As a result,
developers can create innovative applications confident that consumers
can now more securely and safely make transactions managing sensitive
personal data and information on their Android devices.
While Inside Secure's patented Core technology has protected
applications for many years, Core for Android brings enhancements
designed specifically to address inherent vulnerabilities in Android
Java apps, providing a measurable increase in the level of protection
that Inside Secure, and the wider industry, can provide for Android
applications. This is critical in order to deliver secure and trusted
services in banking, mobile payments, content protection and global
enterprise.
Core for Android has been independently tested and found to bring
significant advances in security for Android applications with a very
strong set of essential controls against code tampering along with
hardening mechanisms against reverse engineering analysis. Specifically,
the runtime code integrity detection technique and the applied cod
obfuscation are considered very strong and among the industry's best.
"Securing personal and financial consumer data in the Android
environment has been a significant problem, especially for sensitive
applications such as mobile banking and insurance," said Andrew
McLennan, president of Inside Secure's Content and Application
Protection business unit. "With Inside Secure's Core for Android, we
have created an innovative and tested solution that creates an integrity
network inside Android applications. We are excited to offer this level
of protection to our customers developing applications on Android."
Traditionally, to secure Android applications, the code processing
sensitive data and algorithms had to be developed in C/C++ using
Android's Native Development Kit (NDK). This enabled it to be protected
with strong integrity and obfuscation technologies. However, the vast
majority of Android applications today are written in Java. Legacy and
free-to-use solutions to "secure" Java apps focus on obfuscation
techniques. Unfortunately, these cannot detect malicious changes to the
code as it runs. Hackers can easily intercept the running code, making
applications more vulnerable to attack, code alteration and reverse
engineering. Hackers have exploited these vulnerabilities in many
attacks seen in recent months.
About Inside Secure
Inside Secure (Euronext Paris - INSD) is at the heart of security
solutions for mobile and connected devices, providing software, silicon
IP, tools and know-how needed to protect customers' transactions,
content, applications, and communications. With its deep security
expertise and experience, the company delivers products having advanced
and differentiated technical capabilities that span the entire range of
security requirement levels to serve the demanding markets of network
security, IoT security, content & application protection, mobile payment
& banking. Inside Secure's technology protects solutions for a broad
range of customers including service providers, content distributors,
security system integrators, device makers and semiconductor
manufacturers. For more information, visit www.Insidesecure.com
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