How Anti Reverse Engineering Tools Protect Mobile Apps?

Today, mobile applications are the ideal targets for attackers trying to reverse engineer an app’s code, steal Intellectual Property, or inject malicious code. With apps holding sensitive information and business logic, securing them using traditional methods and tools doesn’t guarantee proper security. That's why businesses need specialized Anti Reverse Engineering Tools to safeguard their mobile apps from emerging security threats like IP theft, app tampering, etc.

What happens when attackers reverse engineer an app?

So, what happens if attackers successfully reverse engineer your mobile app? Well, the app’s code is decompiled into human-readable format that helps the attackers to uncover the app's business logic, understand its inner workings and the employed security measures. Once they get that information, they can mess with your app, modify its code, put out fake versions of it, or find sneaky ways to exploit vulnerabilities. This puts your app’s users at risk, damages your brand’s reputation and can even cause financial losses.

How to protect your apps from reverse engineering?

Anti reverse engineering tools can protect your app from reverse engineering and IP theft. They go beyond conventional techniques by transforming, virtualizing native code or encrypting code as per the tech stack, making it significantly more resistant to static analysis. This makes reverse engineering and understanding the code extremely difficult.

Bugsmirror Shield - Anti Reverse Engineering Redefined

Bugsmirror Shield is the best security product that protects your app from reverse engineering and IP theft. It combines techniques like advanced code obfuscation, transformation, virtualization, and encryption to protect the app’s code, data, and users. Whether you are building native, hybrid, or cross-platform apps—be it proprietary software, enterprise applications, or high-value intellectual property, Shield ensures that your app’s code remains secure from unauthorized access, analysis or modification.

Shield is a product in Bugsmirror MASST (Mobile Application Security Suite and Tools), which also has Bugsmirror Defender to protect apps from runtime security threats and Bugsmirror Guard to protect locally stored data on the app. Choose MASST for comprehensive mobile application security solutions.