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Message contains a low reputation link to an automatically downloaded HTML file that contains HTML smuggling indicators, such as atob function use, excessive hexadecimal (0x) usage, etc.

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Created May 9th, 2024 • Last updated Jan 12th, 2026
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type.inbound
and any(body.links,
        (
          .href_url.domain.root_domain not in $tranco_1m
          or .href_url.domain.domain in $free_file_hosts
          or .href_url.domain.root_domain in $free_file_hosts
          or .href_url.domain.root_domain in $free_subdomain_hosts
          or .href_url.domain.domain in $url_shorteners
          or .href_url.domain.domain in $social_landing_hosts
          or 

          // mass mailer link, masks the actual URL
          .href_url.domain.root_domain in (
            "hubspotlinks.com",
            "mandrillapp.com",
            "sendgrid.net",
            "rs6.net"
          )

          // Google AMP redirect
          or (
            .href_url.domain.sld == "google"
            and strings.starts_with(.href_url.path, "/amp/")
          )
        )

        // exclude sources of potential FPs
        and (
          .href_url.domain.root_domain not in (
            "svc.ms",
            "sharepoint.com",
            "1drv.ms",
            "microsoft.com",
            "aka.ms",
            "msftauthimages.net",
            "mimecastprotect.com",
            "office.com"
          )
          or any(body.links, .href_url.domain.domain in $free_file_hosts)
        )
        and .href_url.domain.root_domain not in $org_domains
        and .href_url.domain.valid
)
and any(body.links,
        any(ml.link_analysis(.).files_downloaded,
            any(file.explode(.),
                .scan.entropy.entropy >= 5
                and (
                  length(filter(.scan.javascript.identifiers,
                                strings.like(.,
                                             "document",
                                             "write",
                                             "atob",
                                             "onload"
                                )
                         )
                  ) > 2
                  // usage: document['write'](atob)
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings,
                         regex.icontains(., "document.{0,10}write.{0,10}atob")
                  )
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.icount(., "_0x") > 50)
                  // usage: some_var = atob();
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings,
                         regex.icontains(., "=.?atob.*;")
                  )
                  // usage: atob(atob
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.ilike(., "*atob?atob*"))
                  // usage: eval(atob)
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.ilike(., "*eval?atob*"))
                  // usage: atob(_0x)
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.ilike(., "*atob(?0x*"))
                  // usage: obfuscating "atob"
                  or any(.scan.javascript.identifiers,
                         strings.ilike(., '*ato\u0062*')
                  )
                  // usage: document.head.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", atob(...
                  or any(.scan.strings.strings,
                         strings.ilike(., "*document*insertAdjacentHTML*atob*")
                  )
                )
            )
        )
)
and (
  not profile.by_sender().solicited
  or (
    profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
    and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
  )
)
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