Link: Google Translate (unsolicited)

Attackers have used the Google Translate service to deliver links to malicious sites repackaged with a translate.goog top-level domain. This rule identifies instances of Google Translate links from unsolicited senders.

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 1name: "Link: Google Translate (unsolicited)"
 2description: |
 3  Attackers have used the Google Translate service to deliver links to malicious sites repackaged with a translate.goog top-level domain.
 4  This rule identifies instances of Google Translate links from unsolicited senders.  
 5references:
 6  - "https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/google-translate-scheme/46377/"
 7type: "rule"
 8authors:
 9  - twitter: "ajpc500"
10severity: "low"
11source: |
12  type.inbound
13  and any(body.links,
14          "google_translate_open_redirect" in .href_url.rewrite.encoders
15  )
16  and (
17    not profile.by_sender().solicited
18    or profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
19  )
20  and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign  
21tags:
22  - "Attack surface reduction"
23attack_types:
24  - "Credential Phishing"
25tactics_and_techniques:
26  - "Open redirect"
27detection_methods:
28  - "Sender analysis"
29  - "URL analysis"
30id: "6949e115-b806-56ea-8976-420bb9d47e5c"

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