URL Whitelisting ensures that a mobile app connects only to the server URLs which you intended it to connect. Attacks like XcodeGhost can insert malware and adware into the app, and the app can send user data to undesired locations.
Learn How to Connect to Trusted Mobile Hosts using URL Whitelisting.
This Knowledge Base article provides step by step instructions on how to build URL Whitelisting into any mobile app in minutes.
URL Whitelisting in mobile apps includes a list of approved, trusted websites that the app is permitted to communicate with. All other URLs are blocked. URL Whitelisting provides a method to identify sites that an app can access. The goal of whitelisting is to provide a safe space for users accessing services via an app.
Appdome is a no-code mobile app security platform designed to add security features, like URL Whitelisting to Android and iOS apps without coding. This KB shows mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals how to use Appdome’s simple ‘click to build’ user interface to quickly and easily prevent mobile phishing attacks.
Appdome’s no-code mobile app security platform offers mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals a convenient and reliable way to protect Android and iOS apps using URL Whitelisting. When an Appdome user clicks “Build My App,” Appdome leverages a microservice architecture filled with 1000s of security plugins, and an adaptive code generation engine that matches the correct required plugins to the development environment, frameworks, and methods in each app.
Follow these 3 Easy Steps to add URL Whitelisting to Any iOS or Android App:
Congratulations! You now have a mobile app fully integrated with URL Whitelisting.
Here’s what you need to build secured apps with URL Whitelisting
After successfully securing your app using Appdome, there are several available options to complete your project, depending on your app lifecycle or workflow. These include:
Or, see this quick reference Releasing Secured Android & iOS Apps built on Appdome.
For more information on URL whitelisting and some of the attacks, it can thwart such as Phishing, check our blog.
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