S4E05: The Wonderful World of Web Shells

An oft-undiscussed tactic, web shells are a popular way for threat actors of all flavors to gain initial footholds, move laterally, and maintain persistence in a stealthy manner. Austin and Doug discuss a popular exploit that has been observed in the wild leading to web shells and what infosec practitioners can do to protect against this class of malware.

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State of the Hack is FireEye’s monthly series, hosted by Christopher Glyer (@cglyer) and Nick Carr (@itsreallynick), that discusses the latest in information security, digital forensics, incident response, cyber espionage, APT attack trends, and tales from the front lines of significant targeted intrusions.