Infoblox says it has completed its acquisition of Axur, adding external threat discovery and digital risk protection capabilities to its security portfolio.
Axur provides AI-based monitoring of external attack surfaces, including the open web, social platforms, mobile apps and the dark web. Infoblox said the combined offering will scan more than 40 million URLs a day to identify threats such as phishing, brand abuse, executive impersonation and exposed credentials, and automate takedowns of malicious infrastructure.
The company said it will launch Digital Risk Protection Services and feed findings into its Infoblox Threat Defense product to block malicious destinations while takedowns are underway and help organisations identify internal systems that are connecting to them.
Infoblox also positioned the acquisition as the start of an “Exposure Management” capability that it said would expand over coming months as it builds toward continuous threat exposure management across an organisation’s broader attack surface.
The announcement comes as Australian organisations grapple with AI-enabled fraud, with Infoblox citing Commonwealth Bank research indicating 42 per cent of Australians are aware of AI-enhanced scams.
“By combining Axur’s external threat discovery, takedown and threat intelligence with Infoblox’s DNS-based security and intelligence, we expand Infoblox’s preemptive protection beyond enterprises’ perimeter and into arenas like social media, app stores and the dark web,” said Scott Harrell, president and CEO of Infoblox.
Dr. Renée Burton, vice president of threat intelligence at Infoblox, said the acquisition would expand the company’s intelligence sources and context for attribution. Axur CEO Fabio Ramos said joining Infoblox would allow the company to scale its work globally.
Infoblox said it plans to integrate Axur’s capabilities into its portfolio over time and share additional details as integration progresses.
