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Medium Severity

Link to auto-downloaded DMG in archive

Labels

Malware/Ransomware
Evasion
Archive analysis
File analysis
Sender analysis
URL analysis

Description

A link in the body of the message downloads an archive containing a DMG file. The message is not from a common or trusted sender and is unsolicited.

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Sublime Security
Created Nov 30th, 2023 • Last updated Jul 16th, 2025
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Source
GitHub
type.inbound
and any(body.links,
        any(ml.link_analysis(.).files_downloaded,
            .file_extension in~ $file_extensions_common_archives
            and any(file.explode(.), .file_extension == "dmg")
        )
)
and (
  (
    profile.by_sender().prevalence != "common"
    and not profile.by_sender().solicited
  )
  or (
    profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
    and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
  )
)

// 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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