Attachment: EML file with IPFS links

calendar Apr 25, 2024  ยท
Share on: linkedin copy

Attached EML uses engaging language and IPFS links were detected in the EML file. IPFS has been recently observed hosting phishing sites.

Sublime rule (View on GitHub)

 1name: "Attachment: EML file with IPFS links"
 2description: |
 3    Attached EML uses engaging language and IPFS links were detected in the EML file.  IPFS has been recently observed hosting phishing sites.
 4references:
 5  - "https://docs.ipfs.tech/how-to/address-ipfs-on-web/"
 6  - "https://securelist.com/ipfs-phishing/109158/"
 7type: "rule"
 8severity: "medium"
 9source: |
10  type.inbound
11  and any(attachments,
12          .content_type == "message/rfc822"
13          and any(file.explode(.),
14                  any(.scan.url.urls,
15                      strings.icontains(ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.url,
16                                        'ipfs'
17                      )
18                      or (
19                        regex.icontains(ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.path,
20                                        '[\.-/]ipfs|ipfs[\.-/]'
21                        )
22                        and ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.domain not in $org_domains
23                        and (
24                          (
25                            // don't include high rep domains
26                            ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.domain not in $tranco_1m
27                            and ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.domain not in $umbrella_1m
28                          )
29                          // if it's in Tranco or Umbrella, still include it if it's one of these
30                          or ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.domain in $free_file_hosts
31                          or ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.root_domain in $free_file_hosts
32                          or ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.root_domain in $free_subdomain_hosts
33                        )
34                      )
35                  )
36          )
37  )  
38
39attack_types:
40  - "Credential Phishing"
41tactics_and_techniques:
42  - "Evasion"
43  - "Free file host"
44  - "Free subdomain host"
45  - "IPFS"
46detection_methods:
47  - "File analysis"
48  - "URL analysis"
49id: "1fe9d7e7-892b-5b7f-a334-53b3fbddb9fe"
to-top