Infoblox Completes Axur Acquisition to Strengthen Preemptive Cybersecurity Capabilities

Infoblox has completed its acquisition of Axur, marking a strategic expansion of the company’s preemptive cybersecurity capabilities as enterprises increasingly focus on stopping threats before they reach internal environments.

The acquisition brings Axur’s AI-powered external threat discovery and digital risk protection technologies into the Infoblox ecosystem, allowing the company to expand beyond traditional DNS and network-layer security into broader external attack surface monitoring.

With the integration, Infoblox plans to launch Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS), designed to identify threats including phishing infrastructure, brand abuse, executive impersonation, credential exposure, fake mobile applications, and malicious social media activity across the public internet and dark web. According to the company, the platform scans more than 40 million URLs daily using multi-modal AI technologies.

The move reflects a broader cybersecurity industry shift toward “preemptive” and “outside-in” security strategies, where organizations aim to identify malicious infrastructure and attacker activity before attacks are fully operationalized.

Infoblox also stated that Axur’s intelligence and takedown capabilities will integrate with Infoblox Threat Defense, enabling organizations to block malicious destinations while takedown actions are still underway and helping security teams identify internal systems communicating with suspicious infrastructure.

The acquisition additionally lays the groundwork for Infoblox Exposure Management, a broader initiative aimed at continuous threat exposure management across enterprise attack surfaces. The company plans to expand these capabilities in phases over the coming months.

Industry observers see the acquisition as part of a growing trend in cybersecurity where vendors are combining internal network protection with external digital risk monitoring to address increasingly AI-driven phishing, fraud, and impersonation campaigns. Discussions across industry forums have also highlighted the importance of proactive security models that focus on preventing attacks rather than responding after compromise.

Axur, founded in Brazil, has built its reputation around automated digital risk protection and threat disruption services, particularly in areas such as phishing detection, fraudulent domains, social media abuse, and executive impersonation monitoring.

 

About Infoblox:

Infoblox is a cybersecurity and networking company focused on unifying networking, cloud, and security through DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) solutions. The company serves more than 6,000 customers globally, including a large number of Fortune 100 enterprises.

About Axur:

Axur is a digital risk protection company specializing in AI-powered external threat discovery, phishing detection, brand protection, credential exposure monitoring, and automated takedown services designed to help organizations secure their external digital presence.

Source and Credits: Infoblox