Credential phishing: Fake card notification with tracking lure
Detects inbound messages using fake credit card delivery or approval themes with credential theft intent. Messages contain card-related language paired with delivery or status indicators, and tracking call-to-action links.
Sublime rule (View on GitHub)
1name: "Credential phishing: Fake card notification with tracking lure"
2description: "Detects inbound messages using fake credit card delivery or approval themes with credential theft intent. Messages contain card-related language paired with delivery or status indicators, and tracking call-to-action links."
3type: "rule"
4severity: "medium"
5source: |
6 type.inbound
7 and (
8 (
9 regex.icontains(subject.base, '\bcard\b')
10 or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, '\bcard\b')
11 )
12 and strings.ilike(body.current_thread.text,
13 "*could be with you*",
14 "*currently accessible*",
15 "*collect bank details*",
16 "*not a financial institution*"
17 )
18 )
19 and any(body.links,
20 strings.ilike(.display_text,
21 "*track order*",
22 "*track*card*",
23 "*card status*"
24 )
25 )
26 and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
27 .name == "cred_theft" and .confidence == "high"
28 )
29 and not (
30 sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
31 and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
32 )
33attack_types:
34 - "Credential Phishing"
35tactics_and_techniques:
36 - "Social engineering"
37detection_methods:
38 - "Content analysis"
39 - "Natural Language Understanding"
40 - "URL analysis"
41 - "Sender analysis"
42id: "22cec280-7dfa-5da0-bd2b-8a5bfd83fa5c"