The Blind Spot in Brand Protection: Why App Stores Slip Past Standard Monitoring | UpGuard
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App stores are a blind spot for traditional brand protection: fake and malicious apps can evade platform reviews and standard web crawlers, leading to large-scale fraud and data theft. The report cites RapiPlata (a malicious loan app with ~150,000 downloads and data theft) and a Sparrow Wallet clone that resulted in $1.8M stolen crypto, argues regulators are now prioritizing this risk, and promotes specialized App Store Threat Detection integrated into existing Breach Risk tooling.
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