As digital banking growth accelerates across the GCC, Stitch says institutions in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are still constrained by layered legacy stacks and dependency on third parties for product updates.

Infoblox has signed a definitive agreement to buy Axur, adding automated external threat discovery and takedowns as attackers use AI to scale phishing, impersonation and fraud. The deal is expected to close in Spring 2026, subject to approvals.

From platform roll-ups to data-security deals, cybersecurity is becoming enterprise infrastructure. Funding is concentrating, disciplines are collapsing into control planes, and AI is forcing boards to treat security as a prerequisite, not an afterthought.

Infoblox research finds parked domains have flipped from nuisance to threat: more than 90% now redirect to scams, scareware or malware, often automatically, with victims profiled in real time.