Bluebox Security, Inc.

Felix Matenaar

Patrick Schulz

Jeffrey Forristal

Applications that have the ability to be debugged also provide an access to violate the security of the application. The present invention provides a means to ensure that the debugging aspects of an application can be defeated after development and other test procedures, to keep persons or other applications from starting a debugging procedure that can lead to the discovery of secured or sensitive information and data. The application of the present invention is greatly automated such that anyone beginning a debugging program against the application in a device will be stymied by the application shutting down the debugging before data or other sensitive information can be released.

Mobile devices with inhibited application debugging and methods of operation

The present invention provides a mechanism to change how mobile device applications, particularly Android applications, work; essentially selectively modifying their behavior. Where an application provides a useful operation but also has functionality that can be detrimental to the desired action of a device, use of the application becomes problematic. The present invention provides a method of modifying the use of the application without invasive reprogramming of the code. The present invention provides a means to make modifications to the functionality without modifying the application. As a result, performance of the desired outcome is not affected and because there is no modification of the actual software, legal boundaries are maintained.

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