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Advanced URL Filtering

Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering is a cloud-delivered security service that goes beyond traditional web filtering to stop known, unknown, and highly evasive web-based threats in real time. Powered by inline machine learning and AI, it provides deep visibility into web traffic and blocks malicious, risky, and inappropriate content before it can impact users or data. With continuous updates from the industry’s largest threat intelligence network, it helps organizations stay protected against evolving phishing, malware, and zero-day web attacks.

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02-02-2026

looking to block google ai mode

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Blocking-Google-Search-AI-mode-via-Web-filter/ta-p/416770 Fortinet seems to have an option... — Read more

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11-09-2025

When will the Legacy URL Filtering license be transitioned to the A-URL license?

Hi There have been a lot of recent changes in Palo Alto, so I'm currently reviewing and organizing the data. Please refer to the link below to check... — Read more

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10-17-2025

AWS sites categorized as "unknown" in URL filtering logs and blocked

Good morning, I'm having an issue where AWS sites like *.amazonaws.com and *.awsglobalaccelerator.com are getting regularly categorized as "unknown"... — Read more

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10-16-2025

Welcome to the Advanced URL Filtering Discussion Area!

Welcome to the Advanced URL Filtering Discussion Area. This is your space to explore, share, and discuss how Advanced URL Filtering, powered by Precis... — Read more

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08-18-2025

We are trying to allow particular website to particular user but the same is not occuring

Hi Friends, 1) We have a customer who wants to allow access to a specific website for a particular user, but it is not working as expected.2) when w... — Read more

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Blogs

Detecting and Blocking Malicious Browser Extensions with Prisma Browser

06-02-2026 — Detecting and Blocking Malicious Browser Extensions with Prisma Browser By: Tuan Vu | Almas Raza As enterprise work has shifted almost entirely to the browser, browser extensions have emerged as a significant security blind spot. While organizations focus on securing the network perimeter, ext... — Read more

Labels: Advanced URL Filtering Prisma Access Agent Prisma Browser
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Securing the Browser

05-07-2026 — Securing the Browser: Eliminating Blind Spots in Extension Security By: Almas Raza, Principal Product Manager | Tom Goldberg, Sr. Product Manager Why Extensions Are a Growing Security Gap Browser extensions are widely adopted because they make the web more useful. They help users manage pass... — Read more

Labels: Advanced URL Filtering Prisma Access Agent Prisma Browser
707 by in Community Blogs

Cloud-Delivered Security Service (CDSS) April Newsletter

04-28-2026 — Cloud-Delivered Security Service: The Monthly Newsletter for Security That Never Sleeps Welcome to the April edition of the Cloud-Delivered Security Service (CDSS) Newsletter Welcome to the April edition of the Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) Newsletter. This month brings strong mome... — Read more

Labels: Advanced DNS Resolver Advanced DNS Security Advanced Threat Protection Advanced URL Filtering Advanced WildFire malware detection CDSS Network Security
606 1 by in Community Blogs

Cloud-Delivered Security Service (CDSS) March Newsletter

03-24-2026 — Cloud-Delivered Security Service: The Monthly Newsletter for Security That Never Sleeps Welcome to the March edition of the Cloud-Delivered Security Service (CDSS) Newsletter This month brings powerful momentum across CDSS, including new innovations that help organizations eliminate security bl... — Read more

Labels: Advanced DNS Resolver Advanced Threat Protection Advanced URL Filtering Advanced WildFire CDSS Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) Network Security
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Modernizing Hybrid Security: Deploying VM-Series as a Unified Firewall and Proxy

03-10-2026 — Modernize web security by integrating Web Proxy capabilities directly into VM-Series to consolidate infrastructure and reduce costs. — Read more

Labels: Advanced Threat Prevention Advanced URL Filtering App-ID Cloud-Delivered Security Services Content Release Decryption Hybrid-Cloud Network Security Next-Generation Firewall Web Prox Web Proxy
1852 by in Community Blogs

Articles

Advanced Threat Prevention with Prisma Access

04-17-2023 — Signature based protections and profiles, Wildfire, URL Filtering, DNS Security — Read more

Labels: Advanced Threat Protection Advanced URL Filtering DNS Security Prisma Access WildFire
7227 by in Prisma Access Webinars

Nominated Discussion: URL Filtering in TLS v1.3

02-28-2023 — — Read more

Labels: Advanced URL Filtering NGFW NGFW Configuration SSL SSL Decryption TLS
11800 1 2 by in General Articles

How to Block a Specific URL

11-15-2022 — — Read more

Labels: Advanced URL Filtering categories cyberelite Network Security URL Filtering URL-Filtering
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