Medium Severity
Brand impersonation: Google Drive fake file share
Description
This rule detects messages impersonating a Google Drive file sharing email where no links point to known Google domains.
References
No references.
Sublime Security
Created Feb 21st, 2025 • Last updated Jul 16th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
// Google Drive body content looks like this
and (
(
(
any([body.current_thread.text, body.plain.raw],
strings.ilike(.,
"*shared a file with you*",
"*shared with you*",
"*invited you to review*",
"*received a document*",
"*shared a document*",
"*shared this document*",
"*shared an item*",
"*received this email because you*"
)
)
or any(file.explode(beta.message_screenshot()),
strings.ilike(.scan.ocr.raw,
"*shared a file with you*",
"*shared with you*",
"*invited you to review*",
"*received a document*",
"*shared a document*",
"*shared this document*",
"*shared an item*",
"*received this email because you*"
)
)
)
and (
strings.ilike(subject.subject,
"*shared*",
"*updated*",
"*sign*",
"*review*"
)
or any(recipients.to, strings.icontains(subject.subject, .email.domain.sld))
or strings.ilike(subject.subject, "*Docs*", "*Sheets*", "*Slides*")
or any(body.links, strings.icontains(.display_text, "open document"))
or strings.ilike(sender.display_name, "*Google Drive*")
or subject.subject is null
or subject.subject == ""
)
)
or any([
"Contigo", // Spanish
"Avec vous", // French
"Mit Ihnen", // German
"Con te", // Italian
"Com você", // Portuguese
"Met u", // Dutch
"С вами", // Russian
"与你", // Chinese (Simplified)
"與您", // Chinese (Traditional)
"あなたと", // Japanese
"당신과", // Korean
"معك", // Arabic
"آپ کے ساتھ", // Urdu
"আপনার সাথে", // Bengali
"आपके साथ", // Hindi
"Sizinle", // Turkish // Azerbaijani
"Med dig", // Swedish
"Z tobą", // Polish
"З вами", // Ukrainian
"Önnel", // Hungarian
"Μαζί σας", // Greek
"איתך", // Hebrew
"กับคุณ", // Thai
"Với bạn", // Vietnamese
"Dengan Anda", // Indonesian // Malay
"Nawe", // Swahili
"Cu dumneavoastră", // Romanian
"S vámi", // Czech
"Med deg", // Norwegian
"S vami", // Slovak
"Med dig", // Danish
"Amb vostè", // Catalan
"Teiega", // Estonian
"S vama", // Serbian
],
strings.icontains(subject.subject, .)
)
)
// contains logic that impersonates Google
and (
any(ml.logo_detect(beta.message_screenshot()).brands,
strings.starts_with(.name, "Google")
)
or any(attachments,
.file_type in $file_types_images
and any(ml.logo_detect(.).brands, strings.starts_with(.name, "Google"))
)
or strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
strings.concat("You have received this email because ",
sender.email.email,
" shared a document with you"
)
)
or strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
strings.concat("You have received this email because ",
sender.email.email,
" received a file or folder"
)
)
or any(recipients.to,
strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
strings.concat("You have received this email because ",
.email.email,
" shared a document with you"
)
)
)
or any(recipients.to,
strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
strings.concat("You have received this email because ",
.email.email,
" received a file or folder"
)
)
)
// Google address from footer
or 2 of (
strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'Google LLC'),
strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, '1600 Amphitheatre Parkway'),
strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'Mountain View, CA 94043'),
)
)
and not all(body.links, .href_url.domain.root_domain in ("google.com"))
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $org_domains
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in ("google.com")
and not (
all(headers.references, strings.ends_with(., '@docs-share.google.com'))
and headers.return_path.domain.domain == "doclist.bounces.google.com"
)
// 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 (
profile.by_sender().solicited == false
or profile.by_sender_email().prevalence == "new"
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
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