High Severity
Brand Impersonation: DocuSign with embedded QR code
Description
This rule detects unsolicited messages with short bodies containing a DocuSign logo, QR code language and an embedded QR code.
References
No references.
Sublime Security
Created May 2nd, 2024 • Last updated Jul 16th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
and length(body.current_thread.text) < 1000
and length(attachments) == 0
and (
regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, '\bQ(\.)?R(\.)?\b')
and regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "scan|mobile|camera")
and any(ml.logo_detect(beta.message_screenshot()).brands,
strings.starts_with(.name, "DocuSign")
and any(file.explode(beta.message_screenshot()),
.scan.qr.type is not null
and regex.contains(.scan.qr.data, '\.')
)
)
)
and (
not profile.by_sender().solicited
or (
profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
)
)
and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
(
sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
and not headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
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