Sender name contains Active Directory distinguished name
Sender's display name contains an Active Directory distinguished name or a similar string. This has been observed as a malicious indicator in the wild.
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1name: "Sender name contains Active Directory distinguished name"
2description: |
3 Sender's display name contains an Active Directory distinguished name or a similar string. This has been observed as a malicious indicator in the wild.
4type: "rule"
5severity: "medium"
6source: |
7 type.inbound
8 and (
9 regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '\b(EX|LABS|OU|CN|EXCHANGE)(=|/)')
10 or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, "/O=EXCHANGELABS")
11 )
12 and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $org_domains
13 and not (
14 sender.email.domain.root_domain in ('fnfcorp.com')
15 and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
16 )
17tags:
18 - "Suspicious sender"
19attack_types:
20 - "Credential Phishing"
21detection_methods:
22 - "Sender analysis"
23id: "4f3c4901-a4ad-509b-ab83-bf3f118a3940"