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Whitelist rule with LocationMatch

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Sometimes you need disable ModSecurity rules in specific url or program, because it causes false positives. This tutorial we show how you can whitelist rule or rules with apache LocationMatch directive. LocationMatch examples WordPress admin <locationmatch “/wp-(admin|login)/”> SecRuleRemoveById 150005 SecRuleRemoveById 150006 </locationmatch> phpmyadmin <locationmatch “/phpmyadmin/”> SecRuleRemoveById 150005 SecRuleRemoveById 150006 </locationmatch> Depend your server configuration, like … Read more

Log POST data with ModSecurity

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Sometimes you may need to log all POST requests to debug or make ModSecurity rules to protect Web Server. For this you need that you have ModSecurity installed on server. Log POST data This simple rule logging all POST request data to ModSecurity AuditLog. SecRule REQUEST_METHOD “POST” \ “id:800000,phase:2,t:none,pass,nolog,auditlog,msg:’Malware.Expert – Log POST data'” This cause … Read more

Ban with ModSecurity HTTP or HTTPS requests 404 Response code

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This tutorial we want Ban with ModSecurity IP addresses for specific time with ModSecurity that causes multiple 404 errors on the web site. Ban with ModSecurity Depend you Apache/Nginx and PHP configuration, you may use phase:1 with rule 4000 & 4002. Also you need enable SecResponseBodyAccess On to ModSecurity configuration files. SecAction “phase:2,initcol:ip=%{REMOTE_ADDR},id:’4000′,pass,nolog” SecRule RESPONSE_STATUS … Read more

Deploying ModSecurity Rule Set in cPanel/WHM

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Malware Expert ModSecurity protection rules are now integrated ModSecurity Vendors in cPanel/WHM and can be activated from the cPanel / WHM Security Center. Copy vendor configuration URL in image. (Ex. right click, Copy Url) Malware.Expert -> My Account -> Subscriptions Sign in to your cPanel account Login to your cPanel/WHM server. Click the ‘Security Center‘ … Read more

Whitelist ModSecurity Rule With ClamAV Scans

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In this article I’m going to discuss how to find and Whitelist specific ModSecurity rules that might be causing 406 errors on your websites on either your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server. The rules that ModSecurity uses can help block potential attack attempts from malicious users upload malware to servers, but sometimes it … Read more