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 // look for sexually explicit subject titles
31 or regex.icontains(subject.subject,
32 '(?: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)')
33 )
34 // check for WhatsApp invitation within the OCR of an attachment.
35 or (
36 any(file.explode(file.message_screenshot()),
37 regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw,
38 // International format with OCR-friendly character classes
39 '\+?[ilo0-9]{1,3}[\s\.\-⋅]?\(?[ilo0-9]{3}\)?[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{3}[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{3,4}',
40 // US format
41 '\(?[ilo0-9]{3}\)?[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{3}[\s\.\-⋅]{0,3}[ilo0-9]{4}',
42 )
43 // and mentions of WhatsApp in the screenshot
44 and (
45 regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, '[Ww]hats[Aa]pp|[Ww]hatsapp')
46 or regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, // WhatsApp-specific format
47 '[Ww]hats[Aa]pp:?[\s]*[+]?[ilo0-9\s\.\-⋅\(\)]{10,18}'
48 )
49 )
50 )
51 )
52 )
53
54attack_types:
55 - "Callback Phishing"
56 - "BEC/Fraud"
57tactics_and_techniques:
58 - "Impersonation: Brand"
59 - "Out of band pivot"
60 - "Social engineering"
61detection_methods:
62 - "Content analysis"
63 - "Header analysis"
64 - "Sender analysis"
65id: "e9c39e92-4817-535a-91f9-13ad68885ff9"