Debugger protection

During application runtime, debuggers can be used to extract sensitive information, perform code injection, alter the program flow, and help attackers to reverse-engineer the application. By actively blocking debuggers, App Shielding can prevent them from attaching themselves to the application.

This is implemented by launching a trusted guard process that will act as the App Shielding-specific debugger. App Shielding supports advanced debugger protection by executing a security handshake with the guard process. If the guard component has been circumvented by an attacker, this feature can block further usage of third-party debuggers.