Systems and methods for authenticating application points of entry to prevent unauthorized use of locked mobile applications

A system for authenticating application points of entry to prevent unauthorized use of locked mobile applications, the system comprising:

• at least one physical processor;
• physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions and one or more modules that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
• identify, by an identification module, one or more mobile applications having an access restriction and a plurality of application entry points associated with at least one mobile application function;
• intercept, by a capture module, a series of device inputs from a user for accessing the application entry points to bypass the access restriction for the mobile applications, wherein the capture module intercepts the series of device inputs by:
• initiating a call to an application programming interface (API) in communication with an operating system running on a computing device comprising the physical processor and the physical memory;
• and
• generating, in response to the API call, a transparent window over a currently displayed user interface displayed by the computing device to capture the series of device inputs for accessing the application entry points from the user;
• request, by an authentication module, authentication credentials to bypass the access restriction from the application entry points;
• determine, by a determining module, that the requested authentication credentials are invalid;
• and
• perform, by a security module, a security action that protects against potentially malicious activity associated with unauthorized access to the mobile applications upon determining that the requested authentication credentials are invalid.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify one or more mobile applications having an access restriction and a plurality of application entry points associated with at least one mobile application function;
• intercept a series of device inputs from a user for accessing the application entry points to bypass the access restriction for the mobile applications, wherein the series of device inputs are intercepted by:
• initiating a call to an application programming interface (API) in communication with an operating system running on the computing device;
• and
• generating, in response to the API call, a transparent window over a currently displayed user interface displayed by the computing device to capture the series of device inputs for accessing the application entry points from the user;
• request authentication credentials to bypass the access restriction from the application entry points;
• determine that the requested authentication credentials are invalid;
• and
• perform a security action that protects against potentially malicious activity associated with unauthorized access to the mobile applications upon determining that the requested authentication credentials are invalid.