Apility

Apility.io, founded in 2017 by Diego Parrilla and formerly known as Moocher, operates as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider in the cybersecurity sector. The company is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, and specializes in threat intelligence, offering a real-time API to identify and mitigate online fraud and abuse.

The core of Apility's business is an anti-abuse API that allows developers and product companies to check if their existing or potential users are associated with malicious online activities. This is achieved by querying IP addresses, domains, and email addresses against a consolidated database of multiple global blacklists. The service is designed to screen for abusers in real-time, helping clients to prevent credential stuffing, phishing, and other forms of cyberattacks. The platform features automated extraction processes to ensure its data remains current.

The business model is subscription-based, with pricing tiers determined by factors such as the number of daily API requests. Apility serves a range of clients from small to midsize businesses, primarily in the information technology, software, and financial services industries. The product is delivered as an API that can be integrated into existing applications and security infrastructures. A key feature is the ability for clients to customize the level of "trustability" they require, allowing them to adjust the stringency of the security checks to fit their specific business needs. In March 2020, Apility.io was acquired by Auth0, an identity management platform, to integrate its threat intelligence capabilities into Auth0's broader security offerings.

Keywords: threat intelligence, API service, cybersecurity, fraud detection, anti-abuse, blacklist, IP reputation, domain reputation, email verification, SaaS, real-time security, developer tools, user screening, network security, risk management, credential stuffing, phishing prevention, online abuse, identity verification, malicious user detection