Abstract: A method for approving financial transactions is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving, from a transaction interface, a transaction request to approve a financial transaction, determining a payment method of the financial transaction is associated with a regulated account, transmitting, based at least in part on the determining the payment method of the financial transaction is associated with the regulated account, an approval request to approve the financial transaction to a first administrator associated with the regulated account, and upon receiving a response to the approval request, transmitting to the transaction interface a transaction response message indicating whether the financial transaction is approved.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for restoring applications may include (i) detecting an indication to restore a previous version of an application installed within a mobile operating system environment, (ii) retrieving the previous version of the application from a protected location within the mobile operating system environment where a sandboxing security component stored the previous version of the application, and (iii) executing the previous version of the application within a security sandbox managed by the sandboxing security component. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for crowd sourced application advisory may include determining at least one characteristic associated with an application, collecting, from a plurality of computing devices, a sentiment associated with the application, wherein the sentiment reflects an assessment of the application in light of the at least one characteristic by at least one user of the application, presenting, via a user interface, the at least one characteristic associated with the application, the presentation of the at least one characteristic being modified by the sentiment collected from the plurality of computing devices, and receiving, via the user interface, at least one of a decision to install the application or a decision to uninstall the application. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for providing persistent visual warnings for application launchers may include (i) loading an application launcher into a sandbox, (ii) monitoring one or more functions of an application from the application launcher, (iii) querying a malware detection manager using information obtained from monitoring the functions of the application to determine whether the application is potentially harmful, and (iv) modifying, based on determining that the application is potentially harmful, an icon for the application launched from the sandbox to notify a user that the application is potentially harmful. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for executing application launchers may include (i) creating a security sandbox within an operating system environment, (ii) executing an original application launcher within the security sandbox, and (iii) registering the security sandbox as a new application launcher within the operating system environment such that the original application launcher is still available to a user through the security sandbox and the security sandbox supplements the original application launcher by providing a layer of protection for the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying unsolicited communications on a computing device may include a computing device receiving a communication from an unrecognized phone number; obtaining the unrecognized phone number from the communication; obtaining classification data associated with the unrecognized phone number based on categories of other computing devices contacted by the unrecognized phone number; obtaining a category associated with a phone number of the computing device; determining that the communication is an unsolicited communication based on the classification data and the category associated with the phone number of the computing device; and in response to determining that the communication is unsolicited, performing a security action to manage interactions with the communication from the unrecognized phone number. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing operations on restricted mobile computing platforms may include (1) receiving a request to perform an operation on a mobile device, (2) requesting access to a synchronization profile of the mobile device that represents the current state of the mobile device, (3) receiving access to the synchronization profile, and (4) performing the operation on the mobile device by performing an analogous operation on the synchronization profile. In some examples, the operation may require access to a current state of the mobile device, and a mobile computing platform of the mobile device may place a limitation on the ability of third-party software to (a) inspect the current state of the mobile device, (b) modify the current state of the mobile device, and/or (c) execute resource-intensive operations via the mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: The cost control module 120 controls costs associated with automated access to mobile services for processes running on mobile devices 110. The module 120 performs cost control in a user-friendly manner so the user is affected by the processes as minimally as possible, but the user is also not forced to pay large fees when the processes access certain mobile services. If a program needs to access a mobile data service to complete a function, the module 120 determines what various mobile services are available, and the cost of accessing each service. The module 120 prioritizes the services according to cost. The value of granting the program access to the service is weighed against the cost of access and a determination is made regarding whether access should be allowed.

Abstract: An arrangement for working the interior cross-section of a thin-walled circular pipe or other cylinder to a symmetrical, non-circular cross-section such as a rectangular or a flat-oval form is described. The pipe to be worked is advanced over and into contact with a conforming mandrel whose outer surface has a cross-section that corresponds to the internal, initially round cross-section of the pipe. The mandrel is provided with an outer cross-section that varies axially from an input round cross-section corresponding to that of the pipe to an output cross-section that matches the final configuration of the worked pipe, while exhibiting a constant peripheral dimension throughout its length. The mandrel is made freely-rotatable about its axis as the pipe is advanced along and in contact with the mandrel in order to maintain a coaxial configuration of the resulting contoured pipe.