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Better web shell detections with Signal Sciences WAF

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Feed Name: Expel Blog

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2019-10-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: Alec Randazzo

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This blog post explains what web shells are, outlines common detection techniques, and provides a detailed workflow for creating Signal Sciences WAF rules to detect web shell activity. It demonstrates a WSO web shell example (including specific POST parameters used by the shell), describes configuring site signals and verbose logging for investigation, and offers downloadable rules for detecting multiple web shell families.

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