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Description

Detects messages impersonating Wix by using similar display names or domain names, while not originating from legitimate WIX domains or failing DMARC authentication from trusted senders.

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Created Aug 14th, 2025 • Last updated Sep 23rd, 2025
Source
type.inbound
and (
  (
    regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '^WIX\b')
    or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, 'WIX')
  )
  or (
    strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'wix')
    and regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                        "Domain Expir(?:ation|y) Not(?:ice|ification)"
    )
    and strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "will be deactivated")
  )
  // Wix address from footer
  or 2 of (
    strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'Wix.com'),
    strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, '100 Gansevoort St'),
    strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'New York, NY 10014')
  )
)
and not (
  (
    sender.email.domain.root_domain in~ (
      "wix.com",
      "wixforms.com",
      "wixemails.com",
      "wixanswers.com",
      "wix-groups.com",
      "ascendbywix.com"
    )
    and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
  )
)
// negation for messages traversing wix.com 
and not (
  any(headers.domains, .root_domain in ("wix.com", "ascendbywix.com"))
  and headers.auth_summary.spf.pass
  and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
and not profile.by_sender().solicited
// 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
)
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