Case Study: a leading video software company protects its Android app from piracy with Guardsquare DexGuard

Leading Video Software Company Trusts Guardsquare to Prevent Mobile App Piracy

Leading Video Software Company is a private high-tech mobile video and photo imaging software maker that needed better protection for its Android app. Despite using Google Play’s licensing service and ProGuard, the company’s app was repeatedly targeted by malicious actors who exploited the licensing check to pirate the paid app on third-party sites, with around 40% of users reportedly using unsanctioned versions. Guardsquare was brought in to strengthen app security and stop cloning, repackaging, and unauthorized distribution.

Guardsquare implemented DexGuard to obfuscate the app, encrypt assets and resources, and add runtime application self-protection. The company said DexGuard made it significantly harder to attack and pirate the app, and Guardsquare helped analyze past attacks to improve defenses. The result was much stronger protection for intellectual property and a far more difficult path for creating a fully functioning pirated version of the app.