Runtime Protection
Your App secured in Real-Time
AppInstinct embeds runtime application self-protection directly into your iOS or Android binary. No code changes, no SDK to maintain, no security engineer required. Tamper detection, Frida hook blocking, root and emulator detection, SSL pinning enforcement, and real-time telemetry all start working on your next release. It works with Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter, and apps built with AI tools like Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, and Replit.
The real problem
The app itself has no defense
Once your app is installed on a device, it's on its own. It can be decompiled, patched, hooked, and redistributed without your knowledge. Every API key, every authentication flow, every piece of business logic you wrote is sitting there, fully exposed, waiting for someone with the right tools to take a look.
72 hours
Average time between an app hitting the store and the first exploitation attempt being recorded
AI-generated apps ship with zero runtime protection
Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, Replit, and others, they all have the same blind spot
AI code generators are getting remarkably good at building functional mobile apps. What they don't do is add any runtime security layer. The app they produce works. It just has no idea what's happening to it once it's on a real device in the real world. No tamper detection, no hook protection, no environment checks. The code runs, and so does anyone who wants to attack it.
No visibility into whether the app has been modified after distribution
No detection when instrumentation tools like Frida are attached at runtime
No awareness of rooted devices, emulators, or active debugging sessions
No telemetry to tell you any of this is happening in production
What RASP does
Protection that lives inside the app
RASP is a security layer embedded directly into your app binary. It runs alongside your code, watching what's happening at the execution level in real time. When something looks wrong, it acts immediately, before any damage is done.
This is fundamentally different from network controls or device management. Those tools watch traffic and manage enrollment. RASP watches the app itself, from the inside.
You can't fix what you can't see
Beyond blocking attacks, RASP gives you something most teams have never had: real visibility into what's happening to your app in production. Every hook attempt, every tampered binary, every emulator session running against your app gets logged. You see it. You can act on it. For AI-generated apps especially, this telemetry is the difference between shipping blind and actually knowing your app is safe.
Tamper detection
If someone modifies your binary after it leaves the store, RASP knows. It verifies the integrity of your code at startup and continuously during execution. A patched APK simply won't run.
Hook detection
Tools like Frida let attackers intercept any function call in your app at runtime, overriding return values and bypassing checks. RASP detects these instrumentation frameworks and shuts them down before they can do anything.
Environment awareness
Your app behaves differently when it's running on a rooted device, inside an emulator, or with a debugger attached. RASP detects all of these conditions and lets you decide what to do about them.
SSL pinning that actually holds
Certificate pinning is easy to bypass with the right hook. RASP enforces pinning at the execution layer, where hook-based bypass attempts are detected and blocked before they reach the TLS stack.
Repackaging prevention
Attackers download your app, add malware, and redistribute it. RASP verifies your signing certificate and binary hash at every launch. If it's not your build, it won't run.
Runtime telemetry
Every attack attempt, every anomalous environment, every hook injection gets logged and surfaced in your dashboard. For the first time, you actually know what's happening to your app after it ships.
Simple integration
No code changes. Seriously.
AppInstinct RASP is a no-code integration. You don't rewrite your app, you don't add SDK calls throughout your codebase, and you don't need a security engineer on staff to get it running. The protection layer is applied at build time and works automatically from that point on.
01
Connect your build pipeline
Point AppInstinct at your existing CI/CD workflow. Works with GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Fastlane, and most standard mobile build setups.
02
Configure your protection profile
Choose which controls to enable and how the app should respond to each threat. Block, warn, or log, depending on your risk tolerance and user experience requirements.
03
Ship the protected build
Your next release goes out with RASP embedded. No changes to your source code, no new dependencies to manage, no performance overhead worth measuring.
Questions we hear a lot
Will RASP slow down my app?
In practice, no. The detection overhead runs under 1ms for the vast majority of checks. We have measured this across hundreds of production apps and the impact on user-perceived performance is not detectable. If you are running on particularly constrained hardware, we can tune the profile to reduce check frequency on non-critical paths.
What happens when RASP detects something?
That is up to you. You configure the response per threat type. Some teams prefer to terminate the session immediately. Others log the event and alert their security team while letting the user continue. You can also show a custom message to the user. The decision is yours, and you can change it without a new app release.
Does this work for apps built with React Native, Flutter, or other cross-platform frameworks?
Yes. AppInstinct RASP operates at the binary level, not the framework level. It does not matter whether your app was written in Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter, or generated by an AI tool. The protection wraps the final binary, so the source technology is irrelevant.
We already have obfuscation in our build. Is RASP still necessary?
Obfuscation makes your code harder to read. RASP makes your app harder to attack at runtime. They solve different problems. An attacker using Frida does not need to read your code at all. They hook functions by memory address, and obfuscation does not slow that down. You need both.
Ready to see what your app looks like from an attacker's perspective?
Our team runs a technical assessment against your iOS or Android binary and shows you exactly where you are exposed. No sales pitch, just findings.