Cybersecurity-Practitioner Cybersecurity Fundamentals Practice Question
A security analyst is reviewing alerts generated by Palo Alto Networks WildFire. An unknown executable file was uploaded, analyzed in the sandbox, and determined to exhibit malicious behavior such as registry modification and process injection. What type of threat analysis is WildFire primarily performing in this scenario?
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Dynamic behavioral analysis
WildFire uses dynamic analysis (behavioral analysis) in a sandbox environment to observe how unknown files behave when executed, identifying malicious actions like registry tampering and process injection.
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Dynamic behavioral analysis
Why this is correct
Observing runtime activities like process injection and registry modifications is dynamic behavioral analysis.
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URL category filtering
Why it's wrong here
URL filtering inspects web destinations, not standalone executable binaries.
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DNS sinkholing
Why it's wrong here
DNS sinkholing redirects malicious domain resolution requests to an internal server.
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Static signature matching
Why it's wrong here
Static signatures look for known file hashes or strings without executing the file.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Palo Alto Networks exam blueprint
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