SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — I foblox, the leadi g platfo m fo p eemptive secu ity a d c itical etwo k se vices, today a ou ced the elease of its 2026 Th eat La dscape Repo t, eveali g that cybe c ime has evolved i to a i dust ialized c imi al eco omy that e ables attacke s to ope ate faste , scale mo e efficie tly a d evade t aditio al defe ses. F o tie AI, specialized c imi al se vices a d hidde i f ast uctu e a e accele ati g this t a sfo matio , comp essi g the time defe de s have to espo d, a d exposi g the limits of t aditio al detect-a d- espo d secu ity st ategies.
The epo t exami es cybe c ime th ough fou dime sio s: the i dust ialized se vices powe i g attacks at scale, the hidde i f ast uctu e e abli g evasio , the evolvi g lu es eachi g victims a d the expa di g attack su faces ope i g ew footholds i side the e te p ise. Togethe , these fou pe spectives eveal how mode cybe c ime ope ates a d what o ga izatio s must do to stay ahead of it.
D awi g o t illio s of DNS que ies, billio s of u de g ou d c imi al t a sactio s a d exte sive th eat esea ch, I foblox Th eat I tel ide tified the t e ds eshapi g how mode cybe c ime ope ates, fi di g that:
- Nea ly 25 pe ce t of 120 millio ewly obse ved domai s we e high o c itical isk, eflecti g the massive scale of disposable i f ast uctu e fueli g mode cybe c ime.
- The most p evale t th eat, impacti g mo e tha 95 pe ce t of etwo ks, was t affic dist ibutio systems (TDSs), ubiquitous a d difficult-to-detect i f ast uctu e that outes victims to ta geted malwa e, phishi g a d scam attacks.
- 88 pe ce t of th eat- elated domai s we e obse ved i o ly o e custome e vi o me t, while 44 pe ce t we e active fo just a si gle day, illust ati g the scale of domai weapo izatio a d the g owi g elia ce o sho t-lived i f ast uctu e desig ed to outpace defe de s.
- 65 pe ce t of I foblox Th eat Defe se™ custome s que ied domai s associated with eside tial p oxy etwo ks, which attacke s use to disguise malicious activity as legitimate co sume i te et t affic, allowi g attacks to ble d i to eve yday i te et activity a d evade detectio .
- Scam- elated domai s i c eased 62 pe ce t yea ove yea , d ive by b a d impe so atio , ide tity theft a d fi a cial f aud.
“This yea ’s epo t docume ts the cybe c ime machi e, a globally co ected c imi al eco omy whe e f o tie AI, specialized c imi al se vices a d hidde i f ast uctu e have t a sfo med how attacks a e c eated, pu chased a d deployed,” said D . Re ée Bu to , vice p eside t, I foblox Th eat I tel. “The most impo ta t shift is ot that attacke s have become mo e sophisticated. It’s that sophisticated capabilities have become widely accessible, cha gi g the pace of cybe c ime a d challe gi g secu ity st ategies built p ima ily a ou d detectio a d espo se.”
The epo t illust ates how cybe c ime has evolved f om isolated attacks i to a i te co ected c imi al ecosystem fueled by specializatio , automatio a d sha ed i f ast uctu e. As these capabilities co ti ue to sp ead, o ga izatio s must ethi k lo g-held assumptio s about how cybe th eats eme ge, sp ead a d ca be dis upted.
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