High Severity
Brand impersonation: Github
Description
Impersonation of Github.
Sublime Security
Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Jul 16th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
and not strings.ilike(sender.display_name,
'*course*',
'*bootcamp*',
'*training*'
)
and (
strings.ilike(sender.display_name, '*github*')
or strings.ilike(sender.email.email, '*github*')
or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.email.domain.sld, 'github') <= 1
)
// negating listservs
and not (
any(headers.hops, any(.fields, .name == "List-Unsubscribe"))
and strings.contains(sender.display_name, "via")
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in (
'github.com',
'thegithubshop.com',
'gitlab.com',
'itthub.net',
'githubsupport.com',
'gtmhub.com',
'githubstatus.com',
'githubnext.com',
'lithub.com',
'icims.com',
'bithub.email',
'goldcast.io',
'luma-mail.com', // GitHub's event invitation software
'github.events' // GitHub event newsletters
)
// 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
)
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
Playground
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