Rule Category

POLICY-SOCIAL -- Snort has detected a violation of the corporate policy. Similar to an IOC, this activity may not be directly malicious, but could be a symptom of compromise, or of a misuse of the network. Examples are cryptocurrency mining and strade (Bitcoin, et al). The ISP won’t block these, but corporate policies likely prohibit them. In this case, Snort has detected a violation of social media policy. Some companies choose to disallow some or all social media, or to only allow in-network social sharing. This can prevent simple productivity loss or serious NDA breaches (sharing of files from the internal network, etc.).

Alert Message

POLICY-SOCIAL IRC G-line active

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when network traffic that indicates POLICY-SOCIAL IRC G-line active is being used. Impact: Possible policy violation. The use of POLICY-SOCIAL IRC G-line active may be prohibited by corporate policy in some network environments. Details: This event indicates that the POLICY-SOCIAL IRC G-line active is being used on the protected network. Ease of Attack: Simple.

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos

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CVE

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