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Description

Detects messages where the link display text mimics a PDF filename containing the sender's domain name, combined with credential theft language or suspicious requests. The message is sent to an invalid recipient address or to the sender themselves, indicating potential abuse of email infrastructure.

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Created Feb 12th, 2026 • Last updated Feb 12th, 2026
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type.inbound
// does not actually contain a PDF attachment
and not any(attachments, .file_extension == "pdf")
and (
  // extract the first body link and compare to the sender's sld, look for less than 4 levenshtein distances or the exact match on the sld in URL ending in .pdf 
  any(regex.iextract(body.current_thread.links[0].display_text,
                     '(?P<starter>.*)\b\d+\.pdf$'
      ),
      strings.ilevenshtein(.named_groups["starter"], sender.email.domain.sld) <= 4
  )
  or (
    strings.istarts_with(body.current_thread.links[0].display_text,
                         sender.email.domain.sld
    )
    and regex.icontains(body.current_thread.links[0].display_text,
                        '\b\d+\.pdf$'
    )
  )
)
// cred theft intent or other request language 
and (
  any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
      .name == "cred_theft" and .confidence != "low"
  )
  or any(filter(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
                .name == "request"
         ),
         regex.icontains(.text, 'please (?:see|find|click|(?:re)?view)')
  )
)
// self sender pattern or sum of recipients is zero 
and (
  length(recipients.to) <= 1
  and (
    sender.email.email == recipients.to[0].email.email
    or recipients.to[0].email.domain.valid == false
    or sum([
             length(recipients.to),
             length(recipients.cc),
             length(recipients.bcc)
           ]
    ) == 0
  )
)
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