What is Hook Detection?

Hook detection refers to the defensive techniques and mechanisms that a mobile application (or the platform it runs on) uses to recognize when it is being hooked or tampered with at runtime. In other words, it’s like an alarm system that alerts the app if an unauthorized code is trying to latch onto it or modify its behavior. When an app has hook detection measures, it actively looks for signs that a hooking tool or framework is present either in the device environment or within the app’s process.