Add a Malware Security Profile (Administrator Task)

From the Cortex XDR management console, administrators can configure what action Cortex XDR agents on iOS devices take for known malicious URLs and spam numbers.

Malware security profiles allow you to configure the actions Cortex XDR agents take when they detect known malicious URLs or spam numbers.

By default, the Cortex XDR agent will receive the default profile that contains a predefined configuration for each malware protection capability supported by the platform.

1. Add a new profile.

   1. From the Cortex XDR management console, select Endpoints → Policy Management → Prevention → Profiles → + Add Profile and select whether to Create New or Import from File a new profile.

      Note

      New imported profiles are added and not replaced.
   2. Select iOS, and then the Malware profile type.
   3. Select Next.
2. Configure the Malware profile.

   1. Enter a Profile Name and a description.
   2. Configure SMS and MMS URL filtering by adding allowed URLs to the Allow List, and by adding known malicious URLs to the Block List.
   3. Configure reporting of spam calls and messages to XDR analysts by selecting a Spam Report option.
   4. Configure Call and Messages Blocking by adding allowed numbers to the Allow List, and known spam numbers to the Add Known Spam Numbers list.

      Note

      Ensure that the same numbers are not added multiple times with different leading zeros.
3. Create the profile.