Fake Apps and APK Monitoring
Rogue mobile apps and unauthorized APKs impersonate your brand to deceive users, steal data, and drive fraud. BrandShield detects, analyzes, and removes fake apps at scale before they impact your customers and reputation.
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Fake Apps and APK Monitoring
Mobile apps are a primary customer touchpoint, making them a high-value target for attackers. Fraudsters create fake apps that mimic your brand, distribute unauthorized APKs, and embed malicious behavior to capture data or generate fraudulent transactions.
These threats are not limited to unofficial stores. Rogue apps are distributed across social media, promoted through ads, and increasingly infiltrate official app stores using deceptive techniques. BrandShield continuously monitors these channels to detect fake apps early and prevent them from reaching users.
Threat Distribution Across the Mobile Ecosystem
Rogue apps are not confined to a single source. They are distributed across unofficial app stores, social media promotions, paid ads, and even legitimate marketplaces, creating multiple entry points for users to be exposed.
BrandShield maps how these apps are distributed and promoted, identifying patterns across channels. This allows teams to understand how threats spread and take coordinated action to stop distribution at the source rather than reacting to individual apps.
Fake Mobile App Risk You Need to Know
$2.05B
Estimated global losses from mobile app fraud in 2023
1.1M
Malicious and potentially unwanted app packages identified in 2024
3.3M
Mobile malware and unwanted app attacks prevented globally
Full Spectrum Fake App Monitoring Solution
Be in Control
Gain full control by learning what is out there and what is harmful for your company.
Advanced Anti-Phishing
BrandShield’s Anti-phishing dashboard includes innovative features like Website Duplication Detector, automated takedown notices, blacklists and more.
Rapid Takedown Execution
BrandShield combines automation with enforcement expertise to remove counterfeit listings quickly and efficiently across marketplaces and digital platforms.
Logo Recognition
Cutting edge technology developed by BrandShield locates logos within graphic items.
Social Media Protection
Monitor major social media platforms to detect phishing attempts and executive impersonation, where your customers and employees are exposed.
Centralized Reporting
Periodic and other detailed reports with monitoring, detection and enforcement activities.
What Our Customers Say
Fallon Archambault
Director, E-Commerce and Digital Strategy La Vie en Rose
Morten R. Serup,
Sr. Brand Protection Officer - Bang & Oulfson
Amber Carpenter,
Senior Legal Counsel - Ferrara
Itai Sela Saldinger,
Senior Director, Legal – IP/AI Counsel Playtika
Fallon Archambault
Director, E-Commerce and Digital Strategy La Vie en Rose
Morten R. Serup,
Sr. Brand Protection Officer - Bang & Oulfson
Amber Carpenter,
Senior Legal Counsel - Ferrara
Itai Sela Saldinger,
Senior Director, Legal – IP/AI Counsel Playtika
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