Medium Severity
Brand impersonation: Twitter
Description
Impersonation of Twitter.
References
Sublime Security
Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Jul 15th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
and (
// Twitter logic
(
sender.display_name =~ "twitter"
or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.display_name, 'twitter') <= 1
or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, '*twitter*')
)
// "X" logic
or (
any(ml.logo_detect(beta.message_screenshot()).brands,
.name == "X" and .confidence == "high"
)
and (
any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
.name == "cred_theft" and .confidence == "high"
)
or any(ml.nlu_classifier(beta.ocr(beta.message_screenshot()).text).intents,
.name == "cred_theft" and .confidence == "high"
)
)
and any(beta.ml_topic(body.current_thread.text).topics,
.name in (
"Reminders and Notifications",
"Security and Authentication",
"Legal and Compliance",
"Customer Service and Support"
)
)
)
)
and sender.email.domain.domain not in~ (
'twitter.com',
'privaterelay.appleid.com',
'stripe.com',
'x.com',
'twitter.discoursemail.com'
)
// negate Hearsay Systems which sends notifications from sender domain ending in twitter.com
and not (
strings.ends_with(sender.email.domain.domain, '.hearsay.twitter.com')
and strings.ends_with(headers.message_id, '@hearsaysystems.com>')
)
and sender.email.email not in $recipient_emails
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