SECOPS-PRO · Question #69
A Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst is investigating a surge of highly evasive malware samples targeting their organization. The current strategy involves submitting suspicious files to a publi
The correct answer is B. Implement an on-premise WildFire appliance or subscribe to WildFire cloud for dynamic analysis,. WildFire, especially in its cloud or on-premise appliance form, provides a dynamic analysis sandbox environment that is specifically designed to detonate and analyze unknown and evasive malware. Unlike public sandboxes or solely relying on VirusTotal (which primarily aggregates p
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A Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst is investigating a surge of highly evasive malware samples targeting their organization. The current strategy involves submitting suspicious files to a public sandbox and querying VirusTotal for initial insights. However, the malware consistently bypasses detection, and detailed behavioral analysis is lacking. To significantly enhance their detection capabilities against zero-day threats and obtain deeper, proprietary behavioral intelligence, which of the following actions would be most effective and aligned with Palo Alto Networks best practices?
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- AIncrease the frequency of VirusTotal API queries and integrate more community-contributed
- BImplement an on-premise WildFire appliance or subscribe to WildFire cloud for dynamic analysis,
- CRely solely on open-source intelligence feeds and develop custom scripts for static analysis of the
- DPurchase commercial antivirus software with signature-based detection, as it is more effective
- EFocus on network traffic analysis using NetFlow data, as file analysis is often insufficient for
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(24 responses)- A17% (4)
- B75% (18)
- C4% (1)
- E4% (1)
Explanation
WildFire, especially in its cloud or on-premise appliance form, provides a dynamic analysis sandbox environment that is specifically designed to detonate and analyze unknown and evasive malware. Unlike public sandboxes or solely relying on VirusTotal (which primarily aggregates public antivirus detections and some sandboxing but lacks proprietary deep analysis), WildFire offers deep behavioral analysis, call stack analysis, and generates unique threat intelligence specific to Palo Alto Networks' ecosystem, crucial for identifying zero-day and highly evasive threats. This aligns perfectly with Palo Alto Networks best practices for advanced threat
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