IronSKY Real-Time Mobile Threat Defense

The attack happens on a device you do not own. IronSKY is the sensor that is there.

Server-side controls see a transaction after it has been authorised. By then the malware, the emulator or the cloned app has already done its work. Each row below is a threat that only the app itself can see, and what IronSKY does about it.

The threatRooted and jailbroken devices

A rooted or jailbroken device removes every assumption your app makes about its environment. Modern hiding tools (Magisk, KernelSU, Zygisk, Shamiko) are built specifically to pass the basic checks most apps run.

IronSKY answer: dynamic environment checks

Root and jailbreak detection that runs continuously, not once at launch, and looks for the behaviour of a compromised system rather than a known file path. Catches root-hiding frameworks, emulators, virtual spaces and debuggers, on the device, offline.

The threatMalware, overlays and accessibility abuse

Banking trojans draw a fake login screen over yours, drive the interface through accessibility services, or record the screen during an authorisation step. New families appear faster than any signature list updates.

IronSKY answer: behaviour plus signal detection

Signatures name the family. Behaviour-based detection catches the technique the family uses: the overlay, the accessibility service, the hook. Because the technique changes far more slowly than the malware, IronSKY detects zero-day attacks it has never seen.

The threatFraud at scale

Promo abuse, account farming and cloned banking apps run on emulators, multi-instance tools and GPS spoofers. Every transaction looks legitimate to your fraud engine, because the tampering happened on the device before the request was built.

IronSKY answer: fraud prevention

Emulator, multi-instance, cloned-app and location-spoofing detection with device fingerprinting, so one attacker running fifty instances shows up as one attacker, and your fraud team sees it before the campaign budget bleeds.

The threatAlert fatigue and false positives

A detection that blocks legitimate customers gets switched off by the support team within a week. Most mobile threat defence fails here, not in the lab.

IronSKY answer: confidence scoring and policy control

Every detection carries a confidence level built from multiple signals, so a single weak indicator does not block a customer. You set the response per threat and per app: log, warn, restrict, suspend or exit. Low false positives is what keeps protection switched on.

Mission control for your mobile app

Comprehensive mobile threat defence means understanding the threat, not just counting it. IronSKY shows you what was attempted, where, on which devices, how often, and what happened next, across every app in your portfolio.

Security events1,284Detections in the last 24 hours, across all apps and versions

Risk devices312Unique devices flagged, with fingerprint and risk score

Response taken97%Events answered by policy in real time: warn, restrict or exit

Zero-day catches41Behaviour-based detections with no matching signature

Time trend analysis

Detections by hour. A spike at 02:00 is a campaign, not a coincidence.

Threat type

Root / jailbreak (incl. hiding)38%
Emulator and virtual space24%
Hooking and injection17%
Overlay and accessibility abuse12%
Repackaged / cloned app9%

Location

Kuala Lumpur, MY412
Jakarta, ID238
Ho Chi Minh City, VN171
Outside service region96

Per event detail

Device fingerprint and OS build✓
App version and build number✓
Threat type, confidence, timestamp✓
Action taken, exportable for audit✓

Figures shown are illustrative. Every event is logged with device conditions and the action taken, and exports to your SIEM or to the dated incident record examiners ask to see.

Real-time monitoring. Dynamic response. No code changes.

IronSKY is switched on inside your app at build time through codeless integration, with no SDK to maintain and nothing added to your repository. From the first session it monitors continuously and answers each threat with the policy you set, so a new attack technique is met on the device the moment it appears, not after the next release.

Works with the app online or offline. Reports to the console the moment a connection is available.

Monitor every sessionEnvironment, integrity and behaviour checks run continuously while the app is in use, not once at launch.
Detect by behaviour and signalKnown threats are named by signature; unknown ones are caught by the technique they use. Multiple signals combine into a confidence score.
Respond dynamicallyThe policy you set fires in real time: log, warn, restrict a feature, suspend the session or exit. Change the policy in the console without a new app release.

Monitoring is stronger when the app is hardened first

IronSKY sees attacks. IronWALL makes the app resistant to them. Together they cover the whole lifecycle, with one codeless integration and one console.

Prevention of reverse engineering

Multi-layer code obfuscation and encryption so a decompiled build returns nothing readable, and anti-debugging that stops the attacker watching your logic run.

Anti-tampering and anti-repackaging

Integrity and signature verification at launch, so a modified or re-signed build is detected before the login screen renders, and the protection cannot be stripped out.

Live visibility of every attempt

Every detection from the hardened app reports to IronSKY with device fingerprint, location, app version and the action taken, so your team sees the campaign, not the aftermath.

What sets IronSKY apart from the rest

Most mobile threat defence products describe themselves in the same language. What separates IronSKY is what holds up on a real device with a real attacker. Each row below is a capability, what IronSKY does, and the test you can run yourself in a proof of concept.

Capability	What IronSKY doesReal-time mobile threat defence	Verify it yourselfWhat to test in the proof of concept
Root and jailbreak detectionAsk: does it catch root that is hiding?	Detects root and jailbreak including Magisk, KernelSU, Zygisk and Shamiko hiding, by system behaviour rather than file paths	Root a test phone, enable a hiding module, and launch the app.
Detection approachAsk: signature-based, behaviour-based, or both?	Both. Signatures name known families; behaviour-based detection catches the technique, which is how zero-day attacks are caught	Run a hooking tool that has never been publicly named, or a freshly built overlay, and watch for the detection.
False positivesAsk: how does it avoid blocking real customers?	Multi-signal confidence scoring; a single weak indicator logs rather than blocks. Thresholds are yours to tune	Run your normal test suite and a set of legitimate devices through the hardened build and count the alerts.
Real-time responseAsk: how fast, and who decides?	Detection and response on the device in the same session, offline if needed. Policy set per threat and per app: log, warn, restrict, suspend, exit	Trigger a threat and time the response. Then change the policy in the console and trigger it again.
Fraud preventionAsk: does it see the emulator farm?	Emulator, virtual space, multi-instance, cloned-app and GPS-spoofing detection, with device fingerprinting that links fifty instances to one attacker	Launch the app in an emulator and in a multi-instance tool and look at the device view in the console.
Threat visibilityAsk: what does our team see the moment a detection happens?	Threat type, confidence, location, device fingerprint, app version, time trend and action taken, per event and across the portfolio	Trigger a detection and open the event in IronSKY. Every field above should be there.
Integration modelAsk: how much source code do we change?	Codeless. Applied to the compiled binary in your pipeline alongside IronWALL hardening. POC in days	Send us a release build. We return it protected without touching your source.
DeploymentAsk: SaaS or on-premise?	Both. On-premise means your binary and your telemetry never leave your perimeter	Ask for the on-premise deployment guide and the data-flow diagram.
Audit and complianceAsk: what do we hand the examiner?	Dated, exportable incident record mapped to BNM RMiT, MAS TRM, HKMA and BSP mobile controls; SIEM export	Export one week of events and check them against your regulator’s control list.

Every row above can be demonstrated on a real device during a proof of concept on your own app. Bring your shortlist and hold every vendor, including us, to the same tests.

See how this works on your app

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Thirty minutes with a SecIron engineer, not a sales deck. We attack your app on a rooted device, with a hooking tool and inside an emulator, while you watch each detection arrive in IronSKY with its location, device and the response that fired.

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Day 1: the demoYour app attacked on a real device while you watch the console light up.
Days 2 to 5: codeless proof of conceptWe protect your actual release build. Nothing for your developers to rewrite, nothing enters your repository.
Week 2: the numbers, on the recordDetections observed, false-positive count from your own test devices, measured performance cost, and a mapping to your regulator’s controls.

Questions security teams ask about mobile threat defence

What is the difference between mobile threat defence (MTD) and app hardening?

App hardening (IronWALL) makes the app itself resistant to reverse engineering, tampering and repackaging. Mobile threat defence (IronSKY) monitors the environment the app runs in, detects threats such as rooted devices, malware, emulators and cloned apps in real time, and responds. Hardening is the wall; MTD is the watchtower. SecIron delivers both through one codeless integration.

How does IronSKY detect zero-day attacks?

By detecting the technique rather than the tool. A new malware family still has to draw an overlay, hook a function, hide root or run in an emulator. IronSKY detects those behaviours directly, and combines them with signature-based signals for known families, so an attack nobody has named yet is still caught.

Will it block legitimate customers?

Every detection carries a confidence level built from multiple signals, and you decide the response per threat: log only, warn, restrict a feature, suspend or exit. A single weak indicator does not block a customer. During the proof of concept we measure the false-positive count on your own test devices and state it on the record.

Does IronSKY require an SDK or changes to our source code?

No. IronSKY is applied to the compiled APK, AAB or IPA as a step in your build pipeline, alongside IronWALL hardening. Nothing is added to your repository and there is no SDK for your developers to maintain across releases.

Does detection work when the device is offline?

Yes. Detection and response run on the device and do not depend on a server round trip. Events are queued and reported to the console the moment a connection is available.

Can IronSKY be deployed on-premise?

Yes. IronSKY runs as SaaS or fully on-premise. On-premise deployment means your binary and your threat telemetry never leave your perimeter, which many banks and government agencies require.

See every threat the moment it hits your app. Respond before it lands.