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Ghost Banking: Make Your Bank Servers Invisible

Only the bank's own app can reach the servers. Everything else sees nothing.

February 2026

Every bank today exposes its core servers to the internet. Mobile apps, web dashboards, APIs — all reachable by anyone who knows the URL. Firewalls and WAFs help, but the attack surface exists. What if the servers were simply invisible? Not protected by layers of security — but genuinely unreachable from the public internet. Only the bank's own app, with the Ghost SDK embedded, can find them.

The Problem With Visible Servers

Traditional banking infrastructure is built on a contradiction: servers must be reachable by legitimate apps but hidden from attackers. The result is an arms race of firewalls, rate limiters, and threat detection.

API endpoints visible to port scanners and bots
DDoS attacks can target known server IPs
Credential stuffing against public login pages
Third-party apps and scrapers probing your infrastructure

The Solution: Invisible Infrastructure

With the Ghost SDK embedded in the bank's app, the core servers exist only on the Ghost network. The public internet sees marketing pages only. Account management, transactions, balances — all served on Ghost IPs that don't resolve outside the mesh.

Public Internet
Marketing site only
Ghost Network
Accounts, transactions, balances
Bank App + SDK
Only app that reaches servers
Any other app, browser, or API call — connection refused. The servers don't exist on the public internet.

How It Works

1

Bank Integrates the Ghost SDK

The bank embeds the Ghost SDK into their mobile app. This gives the app the ability to join a Ghost network and reach servers that exist only on private IPs. Integration is available under consultation.

SDK integration is available under consultation only. Contact us to discuss your requirements.
2

Customer Opens an Account

When a customer opens an account, their primary device (phone) is registered to the bank's Ghost network. This can happen automatically via the app when the account is created, or at a physical terminal for in-person onboarding. Either way — it happens once.

Via App

Account creation flow automatically registers the device. Customer doesn't even notice.

Via Terminal

Customer scans a QR code at the branch. Similar to BiFrost Pass — one scan, device registered.

3

Add More Devices From Home

Once the primary device is registered, the customer can authorize additional devices from within the app. Tablet, laptop, second phone — all managed by the customer, no branch visit required.

Primary
Tablet
Laptop
4

Everyone Else Sees Nothing

Without the bank's app (with Ghost SDK), the banking servers simply don't exist. Any other app, browser, curl command, or bot — connection refused. The attack surface is zero.

Bank app with SDK: full access to accounts, transfers, balances
Any browser: marketing pages only
Other apps/API calls: connection refused
Scanners and bots: servers don't exist

Why This Changes Everything

Zero attack surface

You can't attack what you can't find. No public IPs, no exposed endpoints, no server to DDoS.

No credential stuffing

There's no public login page to attack. The login page itself is behind the Ghost network — unreachable without the app.

Device-level trust

Each device is cryptographically registered. Access is not just per-user — it's per-device. Lost a phone? Revoke that one device.

WireGuard-grade encryption

All traffic between the app and servers runs through an encrypted tunnel. Not TLS over public internet — encrypted mesh between verified devices.

Traditional vs Ghost Banking

Traditional Banking

Servers on public internet with firewall layers
Any browser or app can attempt to connect
Security = defending against constant attacks

Ghost Banking

Servers invisible — only reachable via Ghost mesh
Only the bank's own app can connect
Security = being invisible. Nothing to attack.

Interested in Ghost Banking for your institution? SDK integration is available under consultation.