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, .href_url.domain.root_domain == "translate.goog")
14  and (
15    (
16      sender.email.domain.root_domain in $free_email_providers
17      and sender.email.email not in $recipient_emails
18    )
19    or (
20      sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $free_email_providers
21      and sender.email.domain.domain not in $recipient_domains
22    )
23  )  
24tags:
25  - "Attack surface reduction"
26attack_types:
27  - "Credential Phishing"
28tactics_and_techniques:
29  - "Open redirect"
30detection_methods:
31  - "Sender analysis"
32  - "URL analysis"
33id: "6949e115-b806-56ea-8976-420bb9d47e5c"

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