ADVANCED WILDFIRE

The industry’s largest malware prevention engine

Stop 26% more evasive malware with Advanced WildFire®, the largest cloud-based malware prevention engine that uses machine learning and crowdsourced intelligence to protect organizations from the hardest-to-detect file-based threats.

Stop Zero-Day Malware with Zero Stress

Meet Nova, featuring innovations that stop 26%
more zero-day threats, simplify network security
and improve cyber hygiene.

Stop Zero-Day Malware with Zero Stress

Check out the latest innovations in network security with PAN-OS 11.0 Nova

2022 Unit 42 Network Threat Trends Research Report

Get insight into the latest network threats and how to defend against them.

Cobalt Strike Memory Analysis

How to stay protected from Cobalt Strike attacks with memory analysis.

Malware Detection Accuracy

Learn how machine learning helps accurately detect malicious behavior.


The industry's only malware prevention engine to stop evasive malware at scale.

The industry's only malware prevention engine to stop evasive malware at scale.

Enable detection and prevention at speed and scale of the most advanced and evasive threats with no business interruption, using a brand-new cloud-delivered infrastructure.


The industry’s most accepted and compliant malware prevention engine.

The industry’s most accepted and compliant malware prevention engine.

Join a global network of 85k+ customers achieving data residency and sovereignty requirements with 10 regional clouds and 17 international certifications.


Prevent unknown threats with inline machine learning.

Prevent unknown threats with inline machine learning.

Advanced WildFire includes an inline machine learning-based engine that prevents malicious content in common file types completely inline, with no required cloud analysis, no damage to content and no loss of user productivity.


Get global prevention, delivered in seconds.

Get global prevention, delivered in seconds.

Working in tandem with the new capabilities of PAN-OS® 11.0 Nova, Advanced WildFire prevents even the most sophisticated global threats within seconds of initial analysis.


Identify more malware with a single signature.

Identify more malware with a single signature.

Protect against millions of polymorphic threat variants with a single Advanced WildFire signature by utilizing content-based signatures instead of hashes that require a one-to-one match.


Inspect every transaction with the API.

Inspect every transaction with the API.

Use the Advanced WildFire API to integrate advanced malware analysis into other data transaction points, such as customer-facing portals, ensuring consistent protection across the entire organization.


Defeat Malware Evasions

Learn about how Palo Alto Networks approaches malware analysis with insights from Advanced WildFire threat researchers on the various evasion types and strategies used to counter them.

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Real-time prevention without compromise

Advanced WildFire combines static and dynamic analysis, innovative machine learning, and a custom-built hypervisor to identify and prevent even the most sophisticated and evasive threats with high efficacy and near-zero false positives.

Most comprehensive protection

Advanced WildFire prevents evasive threats using patented machine learning detection engines, enabling automated protections across the network, cloud and endpoints.

  • 99%

    PREVENTION OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN MALWARE

  • 60X

    FASTER SIGNATURE DELIVERY

  • 26%

    MORE EVASIVE MALWARE BLOCKED

ADVANCED WILDFIRE
ADVANCED WILDFIRE

Private Cloud Appliance

Get automated detection and prevention of zero-day exploits and malware while meeting privacy and regulatory requirements.
Protect your network

Keep your organization safe

Chat with our network security experts to learn how you can get real-time protection against known, unknown and highly evasive malware with Advanced WildFire.

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