Service abuse: Google classroom solicitation

Detects messages spoofing Google Classroom notifications that contain WhatsApp contact information, phone numbers, or sexually explicit content. The rule identifies emails from no-reply@classroom.google.com that include WhatsApp invitations, emojis in the subject line, or explicit sexual language, as well as phone numbers and WhatsApp references in message screenshots from first-time senders.

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 1name: "Service abuse: Google classroom solicitation"
 2description: "Detects messages spoofing Google Classroom notifications that contain WhatsApp contact information, phone numbers, or sexually explicit content. The rule identifies emails from no-reply@classroom.google.com that include WhatsApp invitations, emojis in the subject line, or explicit sexual language, as well as phone numbers and WhatsApp references in message screenshots from first-time senders."
 3type: "rule"
 4severity: "medium"
 5source: |
 6  type.inbound
 7  // 
 8  //  Warning: This rule contains sexually explicit keywords
 9  // 
10  and sender.email.email == "no-reply@classroom.google.com"
11  and any(regex.iextract(body.html.display_text,
12                         '(?P<sender_email>(?P<sender_name>[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+)@(?P<sender_domain>[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}))'
13          ),
14          .named_groups["sender_email"] not in $sender_emails
15          and .named_groups["sender_email"] not in $recipient_emails
16  )
17  and (
18    // check for a WhatsApp invitation in the currend_thread
19    (
20      regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, '\bWhatsapp:?.[:0-9+ ]{7,20}\b')
21      or (
22        strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "WhatsApp")
23        and strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "invited")
24      )
25      // look for an emoji in the subject
26      or (
27        regex.icontains(subject.subject,
28                        '[\x{1F300}-\x{1F5FF}\x{1F600}-\x{1F64F}\x{1F680}-\x{1F6FF}\x{1F700}-\x{1F77F}\x{1F780}-\x{1F7FF}\x{1F900}-\x{1F9FF}\x{2600}-\x{26FF}\x{2700}-\x{27BF}\x{2300}-\x{23FF}]'
29        )
30      )
31      // look for sexually explicit subject titles
32      or regex.icontains(subject.subject,
33                         '(?:give me|your satisfaction|sex|horny|cock|fuck|\bass\b|pussy|dick|tits|cum|girlfriend|boyfriend|naked|porn|video|webcam|masturbate|orgasm|breasts|penis|vagina|strip|suck|blowjob|hardcore|xxx|nudes?|sexting|cheating|affair|erotic|\blust\b|desire|intimate|explicit|fetish|kinky|seduce|adult community|cam shows|local (?:girls?|women|single)|hook.?up|bed partner)'
34      )
35    )
36    // check for WhatsApp invitation within the OCR of an attachment. 
37    or (
38      //
39      // This rule makes use of a beta feature and is subject to change without notice
40      // using the beta feature in custom rules is not suggested until it has been formally released
41      //
42      regex.icontains(beta.ocr(file.message_screenshot()).text,
43                      // International format with OCR-friendly character classes
44                      '\+?[ilo0-9]{1,3}[\s\.\-⋅]?\(?[ilo0-9]{3}\)?[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{3}[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{3,4}',
45                      // US format
46                      '\(?[ilo0-9]{3}\)?[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{3}[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{4}',
47      )
48      // and mentions of WhatsApp in the screenshot
49      and (
50        regex.icontains(beta.ocr(file.message_screenshot()).text,
51                        '[Ww]hats[Aa]pp|[Ww]hatsapp'
52        )
53        or regex.icontains(beta.ocr(file.message_screenshot()).text, // WhatsApp-specific format
54                           '[Ww]hats[Aa]pp:?[\s]*[+]?[ilo0-9\s\.\-⋅\(\)]{10,18}'
55        )
56      )
57    )
58  )  
59attack_types:
60  - "Callback Phishing"
61  - "BEC/Fraud"
62tactics_and_techniques:
63  - "Impersonation: Brand"
64  - "Out of band pivot"
65  - "Social engineering"
66detection_methods:
67  - "Content analysis"
68  - "Header analysis"
69  - "Sender analysis"
70id: "e9c39e92-4817-535a-91f9-13ad68885ff9"
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