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Typing a web address directly into your browser feels harmless. In fact, it feels normal. But new research shows that a simple habit is now one of the riskiest things you can do online. A recent study from cybersecurity firm Infoblox reveals a troubling shift.

New research from Infoblox Threat Intel shows that parked domains – long treated as harmless and forgotten ad pages – have become a reliable tool for malicious actors. In large‑scale experiments, over 90% of visits to parked domains redirected the visitor to scams, scareware, illegal content or malware, driven by abuse of “direct search/zero‑click” ad systems.

A new research from Infoblox Threat Intel shows that parked domains – long treated as harmless and forgotten ad pages – have become a reliable tool for malicious actors.

Direct navigation — the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser — has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of “parked” domains — mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites — are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and malware.

Infoblox has announced the launch of Infoblox AWS Marketplace managed rules for AWS Network Firewall. This new integration strengthens organizations’ cloud security posture with predictive, DNS-based threat intelligence natively within their existing Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.

AI is moving from experimentation to embedded capability, reshaping how enterprises design systems, make decisions, and organise work. The pace of model evolution and the strain on data foundations are forcing organisations to rethink everything from infrastructure to governance. This compilation gathers 2026’s most critical perspectives on where AI is heading next, highlighting the shifts that will matter for business strategy, technical leadership, and real-world adoption.

Cybercrime, operational disruption, and the expanding attack surface are converging to create a more volatile security environment than at any point in the past decade. AI-driven threats, geopolitical tension, and tighter regulatory expectations are raising the stakes for defenders across APAC.

Hybrid cloud adoption is accelerating, but with it comes a persistent challenge: fragmented IP address management across on-premises and cloud environments. Infoblox, a leader in networking and security automation, has stepped in with a solution. The company announced a new integration between Infoblox Universal IPAM and Amazon VPC IPAM, designed to unify IP address management and eliminate costly conflicts.

In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just an accelerator but an active participant in global cyber offensives, the threat landscape is shifting faster than most organisations can adapt. Needless to say, we stand at an inflection point: Adversaries are scaling with AI, while many enterprises remain anchored to legacy controls built for a different age.

At least 18 American universities have been targeted in a coordinated phishing attack that lasted for several months, aiming to steal student and staff account details even when multi-factor authentication was enabled, based on information published by HackRead.