PAN-11 Nova also builds on the previous version of the OS – which brought inline deep-learning capabilities – and adds ATP support for inline detection of zero-day injection attacks. Oswal cited GuLoader, which is an advanced trojan downloader that uses shellcode to evade antivirus-analysis techniques, as an example of today's sophisticated threats “The new release stops 26% more zero-day malware than traditional sandboxes and detects 60% more injection attacks and keeps enterprises one step ahead of some very sophisticated threats.”

“Stopping the zero-day threats – that is the singular focus of this release,” Oswal said. With Advanced WildFire, Palo Alto added intelligent run-time memory analysis combined with stealthy observation techniques that will let the system detect and protect resources quickly, said Anand Oswal, senior vice president, network security, at Palo Alto. New to the service are Advanced WildFire features designed to better detect highly evasive zero-day malware attacks.

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