Infoblox has completed its acquisition of Axur. The move expands its preemptive security capabilities to stop external threats at the source.

With this acquisition, Infoblox is addressing a growing class of digital threats and risks across the external attack surface. These threats are often outside customers’ direct control. As a result, organizations can now identify and stop them earlier in the attack lifecycle.

Infoblox will now launch Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS). This service scans more than 40 million URLs daily using multi-modal AI. It discovers and validates threats such as phishing, brand abuse, executive impersonation, and credential exposure. These threats span across web platforms, social media, mobile apps, and the dark web. In addition, DRPS confirms real abuse and automates takedowns of attacker infrastructure at scale.

Furthermore, Infoblox will turn external threat intelligence into immediate action. DRPS findings will feed directly into Infoblox Threat Defense. This helps block malicious destinations while takedowns are in progress. It also identifies which internal assets are reaching them. Moreover, it attributes risk back to the organization, all within minutes of discovery.

The acquisition also lays the foundation for Continuous Threat Exposure Management. DRPS will serve as the first capability within Infoblox Exposure Management. This will expand over time and provide a continuous and measurable approach to reducing risk across the full attack surface.

“Infoblox is extending its leadership in preemptive security by expanding its ability to take down malicious infrastructure before it can be weaponized against enterprises,” said Scott Harrell, president and CEO of Infoblox. “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.”

In addition, the acquisition enhances Infoblox Threat Intel by integrating new skills, research capabilities, and data sources. Infoblox focuses on DNS-based detection and disruption of threats. Meanwhile, Axur specializes in identifying how threats emerge across the broader digital ecosystem, including the dark web and social platforms. Together, this improves visibility and supports earlier disruption of threats, especially as attackers use AI to scale phishing, impersonation, and fraud campaigns.

“Axur brings highly complementary data sources and expertise that meaningfully expand our intelligence portfolio,” said Dr. Renée Burton, vice president of threat intelligence at Infoblox. “Together, we can connect external signals with DNS-level insight to give customers clearer visibility and more confidence in how they respond.”

“This is an important milestone for Axur,” said Fabio Ramos, CEO of Axur. “Becoming part of Infoblox allows us to scale our mission globally and combine external threat intelligence with deep network insight to deliver a more proactive, measurable approach to security, and establish the foundation for managing threats across the full attack surface.”

Finally, Infoblox plans to integrate Axur’s capabilities into its portfolio over time. Additional details will be shared as integration progresses. Infoblox continues to strengthen its position in preemptive security and advanced threat intelligence.

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