Web Shell Activity
This query detects web shells by analyzing the distribution of commonly-used scripts against regular scripts for public client IPs with no W3CIIS activity in a fixed lookback period.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- azuremonitor_iis
- Log source service
- w3ciislog
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- e0c947c3-fe83-46ff-bbda-a43224a785fd
- Tagged by the source as
- InitialAccessPersistence
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1