Low Severity
Brand impersonation: TurboTax
Description
Impersonation of the TurboTax service from Intuit. Most commonly seen around US tax season (Q1).
References
Sublime Security
Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Jun 12th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
and (
strings.ilike(sender.display_name, '*turbotax*')
or (
strings.ilevenshtein(sender.display_name, 'turbotax') <= 1
// negates FP for company called TurboTan
and not (
sender.display_name == "TurboTan"
and sender.email.domain.root_domain == "brevosend.com"
and headers.auth_summary.spf.pass
)
)
or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, '*turbotax*')
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in (
'intuit.com',
'turbotax.com',
'intuit.ca',
'truist.com' // Truist partners with Intuit to provide discounts
)
and sender.email.email not in $recipient_emails
// negates survery service used by TurboTax
and not (
sender.email.domain.root_domain in ('qemailserver.com')
and headers.auth_summary.spf.pass
and any(body.links,
.href_url.domain.root_domain in ("qualtrics.com", "intuit.com")
)
)
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