High Severity
Constant Contact link infrastructure abuse
Description
Email contains a Constant Contact (mass mailing platform) tracking link but does not originate from Constant Contact sending infrastructure. The rs6.net domain has been abused by threat actors to attempt credential phishing.
References
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Sublime Security
Created Jan 22nd, 2024 • Last updated Jan 11th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
and (
(
length(body.links) < 15
and any(body.links, .href_url.domain.root_domain == "rs6.net")
)
or (
length(attachments) <= 3
and (
any(attachments,
(.file_type in $file_types_images or .file_type == "pdf")
and any(file.explode(.),
.scan.qr.type is not null
and .scan.qr.url.domain.root_domain == "rs6.net"
// exclude images taken with mobile cameras and screenshots from android
and not any(.scan.exiftool.fields,
.key == "Model"
or (
.key == "Software"
and strings.starts_with(.value, "Android")
)
)
// exclude images taken with mobile cameras and screenshots from Apple
and not any(.scan.exiftool.fields,
.key == "DeviceManufacturer"
and .value == "Apple Computer Inc."
)
)
)
or (
length(attachments) == 0
and any(file.explode(beta.message_screenshot()),
.scan.exiftool.image_height < 2000
and .scan.exiftool.image_width < 2000
and .scan.qr.type is not null
and .scan.qr.url.domain.root_domain == "rs6.net"
)
)
)
)
)
and not (
any(headers.hops,
strings.icontains(.authentication_results.spf_details.designator,
"constantcontact.com"
)
)
or any(headers.hops,
strings.icontains(.received_spf.designator, "constantcontact.com")
)
or (
(
any(headers.hops,
any(.authentication_results.dkim_details,
.domain == "auth.ccsend.com"
)
)
)
and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
or any(headers.references, strings.iends_with(., "ccsend.com"))
)
// negating legit replies
and not (
(
strings.istarts_with(subject.subject, "RE:")
or strings.istarts_with(subject.subject, "FW:")
or strings.istarts_with(subject.subject, "FWD:")
or strings.istarts_with(subject.subject, "Automatic reply:")
or regex.imatch(subject.subject, '(\[[^\]]+\]\s?){0,3}(re|fwd?|automat.*)\s?:.*')
)
and (
length(headers.references) > 0
or any(headers.hops, any(.fields, strings.ilike(.name, "In-Reply-To")))
)
)
// 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
)
and profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier", "rare")
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