Link: Suspicious TLD hosting client.js with cf beacon
Flags inbound messages with no visible recipients and a small number of body links, one of which resolves to a suspicious TLD and loads a self-hosted client.js file.
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1name: "Link: Suspicious TLD hosting client.js with cf beacon"
2description: "Flags inbound messages with no visible recipients and a small number of body links, one of which resolves to a suspicious TLD and loads a self-hosted client.js file."
3type: "rule"
4severity: "medium"
5source: |
6 type.inbound
7 and (
8 any(recipients.to, .email.domain.valid == false) or length(recipients.to) == 0
9 )
10 and length(recipients.cc) == 0
11 and 0 < length(body.links) < 8
12 and sender.email.domain.tld not in $suspicious_tlds
13 and any(body.links,
14 not .display_text is null
15 and ml.link_analysis(.).effective_url.domain.tld in $suspicious_tlds
16 and any(ml.link_analysis(.).unique_urls_accessed,
17 // client.js hosted on the suspect domain
18 .domain.domain == ml.link_analysis(..).effective_url.domain.domain
19 and .path == "/client.js"
20 )
21 and any(ml.link_analysis(.).unique_urls_accessed,
22 .domain.domain == "static.cloudflareinsights.com"
23 and strings.contains(.path, "/beacon.min.js/")
24 )
25 )
26attack_types:
27 - "Credential Phishing"
28tactics_and_techniques:
29 - "Social engineering"
30 - "Scripting"
31detection_methods:
32 - "URL analysis"
33 - "Content analysis"
34 - "Sender analysis"
35id: "a475d096-0459-5ecc-bfbd-e27f557e66c1"