<h1>'Web Shells: The Criminal's Control Panel' (Netcraft Guest Session)</h1>
<p><strong>Date</strong>: 2022-03-16</p>
<p><strong>Difficulty</strong>: N/A</p>
<p><strong>Delivered By</strong>: Harry from Netcraft</p>
<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>We're proud to invite Harry from Netcraft to talk about web shells this week! This guest session will replace our usual session, but will still be held in 67/1037 from 6-8pm. Like usual, it will be recorded and livestreamed on our Discord.</p>
<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<h3>Abstract</h3>
<p><em>"Web shells are programs that attackers upload to compromised web servers to maintain remote access to infected machines, often including functionality to evade detection and analysis.</em></p>
<p><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63865237/156848793-1983fa26-0e90-4a2a-b48e-896701ab327b.png" alt="image"></p>
<p><em>In this talk, Harry will discuss the role that web shells play in cybercrime, demonstrate real-world web shells that Netcraft encounters and explain how Netcraft detects and performs countermeasures against web shells."</em></p>
<h3>Prerequisites</h3>
<p>There are no prerequisites required for this session, although basic awareness of what we covered in Web 102 may help you understand what is discussed.</p>
