Medium Severity
Service Abuse: Google Drive Share From an Unsolicited Reply-To Address
Description
Identifies messages appearing to come from Google Drive sharing notifications that contain a reply-to address not previously seen in organizational communications. This tactic exploits trust in legitimate Google services while attempting to establish unauthorized communication channels.
References
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Sublime Security
Created Dec 16th, 2024 • Last updated Apr 11th, 2025
Feed Source
Sublime Core Feed
Source
type.inbound
and sender.email.email in (
'drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com',
'drive-shares-noreply@google.com',
)
and not any(headers.reply_to, .email.domain.domain in $org_domains)
//
// This rule makes use of a beta feature and is subject to change without notice
// using the beta feature in custom rules is not suggested until it has been formally released
//
// reply-to address has never sent an email to the org
and beta.profile.by_reply_to().prevalence == "new"
// reply-to email address has never been sent an email by the org
and not beta.profile.by_reply_to().solicited
// do not match if the reply_to address has been observed as a reply_to address
// of a message that has been classified as benign
and not beta.profile.by_reply_to().any_messages_benign
Playground
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