IRC: Credit Card Number In IRC Chat

This signature detects a potential credit card number being sent through IRC. The Trojan horse "bots" will commonly transmit data captured from key loggers and other resources through an IRC command and control (C&C) channel. The source host could be compromised by a Trojan horse and should be investigated.

Short Name
CHAT:IRC:CC-NUMBER
Severity
Warning
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
CHAT
Keywords
Card Chat Credit IRC In Number
Release Date
08/15/2006
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown

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