• Sublime Core Feed
Medium Severity

Brand impersonation: LinkedIn

Labels

Credential Phishing
Impersonation: Brand
Lookalike domain
Social engineering
Header analysis
Sender analysis

Description

Impersonation of LinkedIn.

References

Sublime Security
Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Mar 12th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
GitHub
type.inbound
and (
  sender.display_name =~ 'linkedin'
  or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.display_name, 'linkedin') <= 2
  or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.email.domain.root_domain, 'linkedin.com') <= 2
  or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.root_domain, "*linkedin.com")
  or (
    strings.ilike(sender.display_name, "*linkedin*")
    and 1 of (
      any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
          .name in ("cred_theft", "steal_pii") and .confidence == "high"
      ),
      network.whois(sender.email.domain).days_old <= 30
      and strings.ilike(sender.email.email, "*linkedin*"),
      (
        length(headers.reply_to) > 0
        and all(headers.reply_to,
                .email.domain.root_domain != sender.email.domain.root_domain
        )
        and all(headers.reply_to,
                .email.domain.root_domain != headers.return_path.domain.root_domain
        )
        and sender.email.domain.root_domain != headers.return_path.domain.root_domain
      )
    )
  )
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in (
  'linkedin.com',
  'smartrecruiters.com',
  'teams-events.com',
  'linkeen.com'
)
and sender.email.domain.domain not in (
  'linkedin.coupahost.com'
)
and sender.email.email not in $recipient_emails
and not strings.iends_with(headers.message_id, "linkedin.com>")

// LinkedIn corporate uses DocuSign
and not (
  sender.email.domain.root_domain in~ ('docusign.net', 'docusign.com')
  and all(headers.reply_to, .email.domain.root_domain == 'linkedin.com')
)
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