Device Spoofing and Emulation Detection

Expose Device Spoofing and Emulators Mimicking Real Users

Detect emulators, spoofed fingerprints, and automation bots so large-scale fraud never mimics real user behavior.

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Challenges

Why Spoofed and Emulated Devices Are a Serious Threat

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Evading detection through identity manipulation
Fraudsters spoof device attributes like IP, OS, browser, and device IDs to bypass security controls and repeatedly appear as new users.
Scaling attacks with automation
Emulators simulate real user behavior at scale, enabling mass fake sign‑ups, credential stuffing, and rapid abuse of promo campaigns or limited offers.
Persistent and coordinated abuse
By masking device identities, blocked users re‑enter undetected and repeat attacks, while fraud rings hide shared patterns across accounts and devices.
How FOCAL facilitates this use case

How we detect device spoofing and emulation across the journey

FOCAL Enterprise Fraud Management combines device and behavior intelligence to expose virtual rigs and spoofed fingerprints that try to masquerade as real users.

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Establish Persistent ID

  • Creates a Universal ID from hardware, operating system, browser, network signals.
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  • Survives cookie deletion, incognito mode, and basic spoofing attempts.
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Flag Emulator Signals

  • Detects virtual environments through missing sensors, virtual machine artifacts.
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  • Spots impossible device configurations and synthetic graphics fingerprints.
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Score Risk with Behavior

  • Combines device anomalies with login velocity and behavior patterns.
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  • Separates legitimate users from coordinated spoofing attacks.
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Automate Action Response

  • Rejects or reviews high-risk Universal IDs.
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  • Approves clean devices through normal flows.
Benefits

How FOCAL helps businesses manage device spoofing and emulation

Block Synthetic Device Farms
Identify emulators and virtual rigs used for scaled sign‑ups, credential testing, and promo abuse, cutting off fraud at the device layer.
Expose Manipulated Fingerprints
Spot inconsistencies between reported device attributes and real‑world behavior, exposing spoofed devices that pretend to be trusted hardware.

Block Fraud in Onboarding
Keep bots and synthetic devices from inflating user metrics, draining incentives, and polluting risk models built on fake activity.

Minimize False Positives
Use Device and Behavioral Biometrics to distinguish genuine customers on unusual devices from coordinated spoofing patterns.

Advantages

Why Businesses Choose FOCAL?

FOCAL is built to protect digital platforms from modern fraud across onboarding, in‑app journeys, and payments.

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Experts in digital fraud across KSA and MENA, aligning controls to local customer behavior, attack patterns, and regulations.
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Dedicated 24/7 support from fraud specialists to keep your detection strategies and journeys tuned as threats evolve.
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Unified fraud platform that delivers a single risk view across channels, products, and customer touchpoints.
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Intelligent decisioning that combines multiple risk signals into clear, explainable outcomes for operations and compliance teams.
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Partner services for implementation, rule design, and ongoing optimization, effectively extending your in‑house fraud team. 

Industries

Industries We Protect

FOCAL is built to protect digital platforms from modern fraud across onboarding, in‑app journeys, and payments.

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Banks
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Fintech
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E-commerce & Marketplaces
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Digital & Subscription Services
Testimonials

Real Results from Real Teams

Hear how FOCAL is helping compliance teams work faster and reduce risk.

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Fair to say that FOCAL’s sanction screening solution is straightforward, reliable, and always available. Not to mention FOCAL’s professional and friendly account managers and subject-matter experts who guided us through the entire process.

Hashem Sbeitan
Risk & Fraud Director

FOCAL has proven to be an invaluable asset for us, resulting in more than 87% reduction in our onboarding time and enhancing our operational efficiency. This has allowed us to easily onboard new customers and grow confidently.

Ali Alshamrany
Risk & Fraud Director

FOCAL allows us to be compliant quickly. We use FOCAL to automate the screening of our customers with relative ease. FOCAL’s ever-evolving offerings never fail to surprise us, and it gives us confidence in the product’s ability to keep up with rising expectations of both regulators and customers.

Hussein Hejles
Director of Compliance
FAQ’s

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How does FOCAL detect spoofed devices?

    FOCAL analyzes multiple layers of device data—including hardware specs, software versions, and network signals—to identify anomalies and inconsistencies that indicate spoofing or manipulation.

  • Can FOCAL still detect a device if it clears cookies or changes IP addresses?

    Yes. FOCAL uses persistent fingerprinting methods that go beyond cookies and IPs, allowing it to recognize returning devices even after resets, network changes, or attempts to mask identity.

  • How do emulators differ from regular spoofed devices?

    Emulators go beyond simple spoofing. While spoofed devices usually manipulate certain characteristics (such as browser settings or user agents), emulators create full virtual environments that simulate an entire operating system, enabling fraudsters to mimic many devices at scale, automate fraud, bypass traditional detection, and rapidly adapt configurations to evade defenses.

  • Can FOCAL block fraudsters even if they change environments?

    Yes. FOCAL uses a multi‑layered detection approach that builds persistent device and network intelligence across sessions. Even if a fraudster resets their environment, switches IPs, or masks identifiers, FOCAL can still recognize behavioural and environmental patterns linked to repeat offenders.

    • Protect Every Step of the Customer Digital Journey

    Secure logins, in‑app sessions, and payments in real time with FOCAL Enterprise Fraud Management.

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