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Callback Phishing via Adobe Sign comment

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Callback Phishing
Evasion
Impersonation: Brand
Out of band pivot
Social engineering
Content analysis
Computer Vision
Header analysis
Sender analysis
URL analysis

Description

This rule inspects messages originating from legitimate Adobe Sign infrastructure, with content matching Callback Phishing criteria, in the body, requiring at least one brand name, as well as 3 matching Callback Phishing terms and a phone number.

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Sublime Security
Created Mar 12th, 2025 • Last updated Apr 25th, 2025
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type.inbound
and length(attachments) == 0
and (
  not profile.by_sender().solicited
  or (
    profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
    and not profile.by_sender().any_false_positives
  )
)
  // Legitimate Docusign sending infratructure
  and sender.email.domain.root_domain == 'adobesign.com'
  and (headers.auth_summary.spf.pass or headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass)

and (
  // this section is synced with attachment_callback_phish_with_pdf.yml and attachment_callback_phish_with_img.yml
  regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                  '(p.{0,3}a.{0,3}y.{0,3}p.{0,3}a.{0,3}l|ma?c.?fee|n[o0]rt[o0]n|geek.{0,5}squad|ebay|symantec|best buy|lifel[o0]c|secure anywhere|starz|utilities premium|pc security|at&t)'
  )
  or any(ml.logo_detect(beta.message_screenshot()).brands,
         .name in ("PayPal", "Norton", "GeekSquad", "Ebay", "McAfee", "AT&T")
  )
)
and (
  (
    // this seciton is synced with attachment_callback_phish_with_img.yml and attachment_callback_phish_with_pdf.yml
    // however, the 3 of logic and requiring a phone number is specific to this rule in order to reduce FPs
    // caused by messages which mention cancelling or otherwise managing a subscription
    // it is also synced and below for message_screenshot OCR output
    3 of (
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'purchase'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'payment'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'transaction'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'subscription'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'antivirus'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'order'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'support'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'help line'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'receipt'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'invoice'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'call'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'cancel'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'renew'),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'refund'),
      regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "(?:reach|contact) us at"),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "+1"),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "amount"),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "charged"),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "crypto"),
      strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "wallet address"),
      regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, '\$\d{3}\.\d{2}\b'),
    )
    // phone number regex
    and regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                        '\+?([ilo0-9]{1}.)?\(?[ilo0-9]{3}?\)?.[ilo0-9]{3}.?[ilo0-9]{4}',
                        '\+?([ilo0-9]{1,2})?\s?\(?\d{3}\)?[\s\.\-⋅]{0,5}[ilo0-9]{3}[\s\.\-⋅]{0,5}[ilo0-9]{4}'
    )
  )
  or (
    any(file.explode(beta.message_screenshot()),
        // this seciton is synced with attachment_callback_phish_with_img.yml and attachment_callback_phish_with_pdf.yml
        // and above for current_thread.text
        3 of (
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'purchase'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'payment'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'transaction'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'subscription'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'antivirus'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'order'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'support'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'help line'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'receipt'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'invoice'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'call'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'helpdesk'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'cancel'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'renew'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'refund'),
          regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, "(?:reach|contact) us at"),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, '+1'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'amount'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'charged'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'crypto'),
          strings.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'wallet address'),
          regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, '\$\d{3}\.\d{2}\b'),
        )
        // phone number regex
        and regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw,
                            '\+?([ilo0-9]{1}.)?\(?[ilo0-9]{3}?\)?.[ilo0-9]{3}.?[ilo0-9]{4}',
                            '\+?([ilo0-9]{1,2})?\s?\(?\d{3}\)?[\s\.\-⋅]{0,5}[ilo0-9]{3}[\s\.\-⋅]{0,5}[ilo0-9]{4}'
        )

        // negate messages with previous threads.  While callback phishing with thread hijacking or with current_thread 
        // padded with whitespace and previous threads in the message has been observed, the intetion of using OCR is for image embedded callbacks
        and not regex.icount(.scan.ocr.raw, '(?:from|to|sent|date|cc|subject):') > 3
        // this notation of previous threads often only occurs once
        and not regex.icontains(.scan.ocr.raw, 'wrote:[\r\n]')
    )
  )
)
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