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Description

Detects inbound messages containing links to executable files combined with high-confidence security, financial, or credential theft content indicators, while excluding legitimate trusted domains with proper DMARC authentication.

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Sublime Security
Created Oct 16th, 2025 • Last updated Oct 16th, 2025
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type.inbound
and length(body.links) < 10
and any(body.links,
        any($file_extensions_executables,
            strings.iends_with(..href_url.url, strings.concat(".", .))
            // the display text is not going to reveal the executable extension
            and not strings.iends_with(..display_text, strings.concat(".", .))
        )
        and .href_url.path is not null
        // filter out some executables
        and not any(["com", "action", "js", "app"],
                    strings.iends_with(..href_url.url, .)
        )
        // .app links from Google Play
        and not .href_url.domain.domain == "play.google.com"
        and not .href_url.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
and not (
  (subject.is_reply or subject.is_forward)
  and length(body.previous_threads) > 0
  and (length(headers.references) > 0 or headers.in_reply_to is not null)
)
and 2 of (
  any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics,
      .name in ("Security and Authentication", "Financial Communications")
      and .confidence == "high"
  ),
  any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
      .name == "cred_theft" and .confidence == "high"
  ),
  sender.email.domain.tld in $suspicious_tlds
)

// 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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