Apura Cyber Intelligence

For the 8th consecutive year, Apura is among the contributors to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. The DBIR 2026 is out.

Few institutions in this industry held their bar that long. The DBIR did. Operational evidence, real cases, real investigations behind every data point. The contributor list doesn't get padded. A small number of CTI and DFIR companies worldwide make it. Fewer still from the Global South. Apura is there again, built from Brazil, with clients across multiple continents and a partner network delivering services and expertise on the ground in multiple sectors and cultures.

Apura was founded by professionals whose first incident response work goes back more than three decades. That continuity shaped how the company operates today as a regional leader in Threat Intelligence and Anti-Fraud SaaS. The position only holds up because clients keep renewing and partners keep delivering. Anything else is a slide.

A few numbers from the 2026 edition worth pausing on:

• Vulnerability exploitation took the top spot as initial access vector, 31% of breaches. Credential abuse moved to second.

• Ransomware appears in 48% of analyzed breaches.

• Third-party related breaches grew 60% year over year. Supply chain risk stopped being a buzzword some time ago.

• Generative AI is operational on the attacker side. Reconnaissance, initial access, malware development. The use case is here.

• Only 26% of critical vulnerabilities got fully remediated. Median time to fix climbed to 43 days.

Speed and scale shifted. The fundamentals stayed put. Visibility, continuous intelligence, vulnerability management, third-party monitoring, response capability. Same list as a decade ago. Ex*****on is what separates serious work from theater.

Thanks to Verizon Business and to everyone in the contributor community. The room where evidence drives the conversation is the room worth showing up to.

A maioria das empresas ainda trata ameaças cibernéticas como algo exclusivamente externo, mas, na prática, as fraudes mais sofisticadas acontecem quando o lado de fora mira o lado de dentro. Foi exatamente esse cenário que a Apura identificou durante um monitoramento conduzido com sua plataforma de Inteligência em Ameaças Cibernéticas, o BTTng, em um cliente do setor varejista com atuação na América Latina.

Tudo começou com menções em grupos de fraude em WhatsApp e Telegram: um ator malicioso afirmava ter acesso facilitado à empresa por meio de um colaborador interno cooptado, o que é chamado de “insider”. Não se tratava de uma suposição, e sim de uma operação fraudulenta em andamento e a estratégia mudou de monitoramento para ação. A Apura criou, em conjunto ao cliente e em ambiente controlado, uma conta desenvolvida especificamente para interagir com o fraudador e a partir desse ponto, foi possível acompanhar, em tempo real, cada movimento realizado através da monitoração interna, pelo cliente, de qualquer utilização dessa conta dentro dos seus sistemas.

O resultado foi claro elevou à identificação do insider envolvido, o entendimento do fluxo da fraude e localização da falha crítica de segurança que permitia a exploração. Mais do que interromper o ataque, foi possível corrigir a origem do problema e reduzir drasticamente o risco de recorrência.

Esse caso mostra um ponto essencial: ameaças não são apenas externas, elas são híbridas. E, para lidar com isso, não basta visibilidade, é preciso inteligência acionável e capacidade de interação.

É exatamente isso que o BTTng entrega. Entre em contato com nossa equipe e saiba mais.

In today’s landscape, where digital threats evolve at unprecedented speed and sophistication, relying solely on traditional security solutions is no longer enough. It is in this context that Apura positions itself as a strategic partner for organizations that need to go beyond defense, anticipating risks, understanding threat movements, and transforming data into intelligent decisions.

For nearly 15 years, Apura has been at the forefront of cyber incident investigation and digital fraud prevention, building a trajectory defined by analytical depth, technological innovation, and real impact on its clients’ businesses. With a strong presence across critical sectors such as financial services, healthcare, education, and energy, we develop solutions that directly address the challenges of an increasingly complex and hostile digital environment.

Apura’s key differentiator lies in its ability to find intelligence within the noise. In a universe saturated with fragmented data—from the open web to the deep and dark web, including restricted groups and non-indexed channels—we leverage artificial intelligence, investigative analysis, and highly specialized human expertise to identify relevant signals, map threats, and deliver actionable insights with speed and precision.

More than monitoring, Apura investigates. More than detecting, it interprets—and above all, transforms vast volumes of information into situational awareness, enabling organizations to make decisions with confidence, agility, and strategic clarity.

Apura believes that cyber intelligence should not be merely a technical resource, but a strategic asset. That’s why we combine cutting-edge technology with a results-driven approach, helping organizations protect their assets, their operations, and, above all, their reputation.