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WAFBOOSTER Improves Web Application Firewall Security

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🛡️💻 WAFBOOSTER Enhances Web Application Firewall Security Against Evolving Threats. A new framework called WAFBOOSTER has been developed to improve the effectiveness of web application firewalls (WAFs) against increasingly sophisticated mutated malicious payloads. By utilizing shadow models and advanced payload generation techniques, WAFBOOSTER identifies potential bypasses in WAF detections and suggests rules to enhance security. In tests involving eight real-world WAFs, the framework significantly increased the true rejection rate of mutated payloads from 21% to 96%, while maintaining zero false rejections. Additionally, WAFBOOSTER achieved a false acceptance rate three times lower than existing methods, marking a significant advancement in the defense against web application threats.

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