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A security analyst is investigating an incident where a new, previously unseen malware variant has bypassed traditional signature-based antivirus solutions. The organization uses Palo Alto Networks security products. Which Palo Alto Networks cloud-delivered security service is designed to detect and prevent such zero-day threats by analyzing suspicious files in a sandbox environment?
- ACortex XDR
- BCloud-Delivered Threat Prevention
- CPrisma Access
- DWildFire
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Correct answer: D. WildFire
WildFire is Palo Alto Networks' cloud-delivered malware analysis service that uses dynamic analysis (sandboxing) to identify and create signatures for unknown, zero-day threats. It then shares this intelligence globally.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Cortex XDR is an extended detection and response platform for endpoint, network, and cloud, but WildFire is specifically for sandboxing unknown files.
- B. Cloud-Delivered Threat Prevention is a broader term; WildFire is the specific service for zero-day malware analysis.
- C. Prisma Access is a SASE platform for securing remote users and branch offices, not for malware analysis.
WildFire
Palo Alto Networks' cloud-delivered threat analysis service that identifies and prevents unknown malware and zero-day exploits through dynamic analysis (sandboxing).
- Analyzes suspicious files in a virtual sandbox environment.
- Generates new threat signatures and intelligence.
- Distributes threat intelligence globally to subscribed devices.
Memory trick: WildFire burns through unknown threats, like a wildfire clears a forest of old growth.