Brand impersonation: Okta
Impersonation of Okta, an identity and access management company.
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1name: "Brand impersonation: Okta"
2description: "Impersonation of Okta, an identity and access management company."
3type: "rule"
4severity: "medium"
5source: |
6 type.inbound
7 and (
8 regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '\bOkta\b')
9 or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, '*Okta*')
10 or strings.ilike(subject.subject, '*Okta*')
11 )
12 and not (length(headers.references) > 0 or headers.in_reply_to is not null)
13 and not (
14 sender.email.domain.root_domain in~ (
15 'oktacdn.com',
16 'okta.com',
17 'okta-emea.com',
18 'okta-gov.com',
19 'oktapreview.com',
20 'polaris.me',
21 'examity.com', // exam service used by okta
22 'discoursemail.com' // used by okta's dev community
23 )
24 and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
25 )
26 and any(ml.logo_detect(file.message_screenshot()).brands,
27 .name == "Okta" and .confidence in ("medium", "high")
28 )
29 and (
30 profile.by_sender().prevalence != "common"
31 or (
32 profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
33 and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
34 )
35 )
36 // negate okta relay
37 and not any(distinct(headers.domains, .domain is not null),
38 .domain == "mailrelay.okta.com"
39 )
40 // negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
41 and not (
42 sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
43 and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
44 )
45attack_types:
46 - "Credential Phishing"
47tactics_and_techniques:
48 - "Impersonation: Brand"
49 - "Lookalike domain"
50 - "Social engineering"
51detection_methods:
52 - "Computer Vision"
53 - "Content analysis"
54 - "Header analysis"
55 - "Sender analysis"
56id: "b7a2989a-a5ef-5340-b1d0-6b7c51462855"