Description

A link in the body of the message downloads an encrypted zip that contains a DMG file.

This technique has been observed ITW to deliver Meta Stealer, Atomic Stealer, and other MacOS malware.

Notably, in some instances, the attacker poses as a recruiter and initiates back and forth conversation with the recipient.

Sublime Security
Created Nov 30th, 2023 • Last updated Apr 25th, 2024
Source
type.inbound
and any(body.links,
        any(ml.link_analysis(.).files_downloaded,
            any(file.explode(.),
                (
                  any(.flavors.yara, . == "encrypted_zip")
                  and any(.scan.zip.all_paths,
                          any([".dmg"], strings.ends_with(.., .))
                  )
                )
            )
        )
)
and (
  profile.by_sender().prevalence != "common"
  or (
    profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
    and not profile.by_sender().any_false_positives
  )
)

// 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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