Brand impersonation: Survey request with credential theft indicators
Detects messages containing credential theft language disguised as survey requests from promotional content, targeting organizations from untrusted or spoofed high-trust domains.
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1name: "Brand impersonation: Survey request with credential theft indicators"
2description: "Detects messages containing credential theft language disguised as survey requests from promotional content, targeting organizations from untrusted or spoofed high-trust domains."
3type: "rule"
4severity: "medium"
5source: |
6 type.inbound
7 and (
8 any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
9 .name == "cred_theft" and .confidence == "high"
10 )
11 or any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
12 .name == "org"
13 and .text in ("AAA", "Medicare Kit", "Blackstone Griddle")
14 )
15 or any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
16 .name == "sender"
17 and (
18 strings.icontains(.text, "sam's club", "kobalt", "ace hardware")
19 or regex.icontains(.text, "lowe\'s.{0,10}reward")
20 )
21 )
22 or any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
23 .name == "request"
24 and regex.icontains(.text, 'claim\s+your\s+(?:free|medical)?\s+kit')
25 )
26 or length(filter(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
27 .name == "financial"
28 and regex.icontains(.text, '\d{2}%\s*discount$')
29 )
30 ) >= 2
31 )
32 and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics,
33 .name == "Advertising and Promotions" and .confidence != "low"
34 )
35 and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
36 .name in ("request", "org") and strings.icontains(.text, "survey")
37 )
38 and not (
39 sender.email.domain.root_domain in ("barracudanetworks.com")
40 and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
41 )
42 // and the sender is not from high trust sender root domains
43 and not (
44 sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
45 and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
46 )
47attack_types:
48 - "Credential Phishing"
49tactics_and_techniques:
50 - "Social engineering"
51 - "Impersonation: Brand"
52 - "Spoofing"
53detection_methods:
54 - "Content analysis"
55 - "Header analysis"
56 - "Natural Language Understanding"
57 - "Sender analysis"
58id: "ea1c0e09-ef3d-5c30-b5c1-ffa1b71a7b88"