Release Notes Version 1.0.0

To support our customers with challenges caused by changed threats such as the shift towards Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud, where a victim is tricked into willingly transferring money to the attacker, OneSpan has added new products to our portfolio. Financial institutions must be able to counter new threats targeting mobile banking apps and implement mitigating measures, not least due to increasing regulatory requirements concerning the security of mobile banking apps from financial regulators.

The Malware Detection SDK is among the latest additions to OneSpan Mobile Security Suite. This client SDK detects malicious software (“malware”) on mobile devices, and prevents the devices where your mobile app resides against threats. Integrating this SDK also supports you in meeting directives from financial regulators to adopt counter measures against a variety of threats and fulfill security requirements for mobile banking and digital payment.

The SDK scans all installed packages and applications on the device, computes the signatures, and saves them in a database. You need to provide the signature-based list of known malware to the SDK which then compares these to the values saved in the database. This list of known malware is based on official sources such as for instance police forces and regulators. If any malware is detected, the SDK reports a list of detected malware to you.

For information how to integrate the SDK, see the Malware Detection SDK Integration Guide.

Supported platforms

The Malware Detection SDK can be used on a variety of Android devices and supports the following:

• Minimum Android 7 (API level 24)

• Target Android 15 (API level 35)

• Support for 16 KB page sizes

  Beginning with Android 15, Android supports devices that are configured to use a page size of 16 KB (i.e., 16 KB devices). The SDK has been updated to work on these 16 KB devices. However, if your app uses any native libraries, you must ensure that these libraries are ready for 16 KB page sizes. For more information, refer to the Android Developer documentation.

Third party licenses

For information on third party dependencies associated with Mobile Security Suite and the affiliated SDKs in this release, see Third party licenses.