Title
Machine learning-assisted virtual patching of web applications.
Abstract
Web applications are permanently being exposed to attacks that exploit their vulnerabilities. In this work we investigate the application of machine learning techniques to leverage Web Application Firewall (WAF), a technology that is used to detect and prevent attacks. We propose a combined approach of machine learning models, based on one-class classification and n-gram analysis, to enhance the detection and accuracy capabilities of MODSECURITY, an open source and widely used WAF. The results are promising and outperform MODSECURITY when configured with the OWASP Core Rule Set, the baseline configuration setting of a widely deployed, rule-based WAF technology. The proposed solution, combining both approaches, allow us to deploy a WAF when no training data for the application is available (using one-class classification), and an improved one using n-grams when training data is available.
Year
Venue
Field
2018
arXiv: Cryptography and Security
Training set,Computer science,Baseline (configuration management),Exploit,Application firewall,Artificial intelligence,Web application,Machine learning
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1803.05529
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gustavo Betarte101.35
Eduardo Giménez2767.28
Rodrigo Martinez301.35
Álvaro Pardo400.68