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Description

Detects unauthorized use of Monday.com tracking links in messages, attachments, or QR codes from unusual senders who lack proper authentication. Excludes legitimate replies and messages from trusted domains with valid DMARC.

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Created Dec 18th, 2025 • Last updated Dec 18th, 2025
Source
type.inbound
and (
  (
    length(body.links) < 15
    and any(body.links,
            'monday_tracker' in .href_url.rewrite.encoders
            and .href_url.scheme != "mailto"
    )
  )
  or (
    length(attachments) <= 3
    and (
      any(attachments,
          (.file_type in $file_types_images or .file_type == "pdf")
          //
          // 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
          //
          and any(beta.scan_qr(.).items,
                  .type is not null
                  and 'monday_tracker' in .url.rewrite.encoders
                  and .url.scheme != "mailto"
          )
          //
          // 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
          //
          // exclude images taken with mobile cameras and screenshots from android
          and not any(beta.parse_exif(.).fields,
                      .key == "Model"
                      or (
                        .key == "Software"
                        and strings.starts_with(.value, "Android")
                      )
          )
          // exclude images taken with mobile cameras and screenshots from Apple
          and not any(beta.parse_exif(.).fields,
                      .key == "DeviceManufacturer"
                      and .value == "Apple Computer Inc."
          )
      )
    )
  )
  or (
    length(attachments) == 0
    and (
      //
      // 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
      //
      beta.parse_exif(file.message_screenshot()).image_height < 2000
      and beta.parse_exif(file.message_screenshot()).image_width < 2000
      and beta.scan_qr(file.message_screenshot()).found
      and any(beta.scan_qr(file.message_screenshot()).items,
              .type is not null
              and 'monday_tracker' in .url.rewrite.encoders
              and .url.scheme != "mailto"
      )
    )
  )
  or (
    length(attachments) <= 3
    and (
      any(attachments,
          (
            .file_type in ("pdf")
            or .file_extension in ("pdf", "eml")
            or .file_extension in $file_extensions_macros
            or .content_type in ("message/rfc822")
          )
          and any(file.explode(.),
                  any(.scan.url.urls, 'monday_tracker' in .rewrite.encoders)
          )
      )
    )
  )
)
and not any(headers.domains, strings.ends_with(.domain, "mail.monday.com"))
and not (
    headers.auth_summary.dmarc.details.from.root_domain == "monday.com"
    and headers.auth_summary.spf.pass
    and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
        .name != "benign" and .confidence in ("medium", "high")
)
// negating legit replies
and not (
  (subject.is_reply or subject.is_forward)
  and (
    length(headers.references) > 0
    and headers.in_reply_to is not null
  )
)
// negate graymail and newsletters
and not (
  any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics,
      .name in~ (
        "Advertising and Promotions",
        "B2B Cold Outreach",
        "Newsletters and Digests",
        "Events and Webinars"
      )
      and .confidence != "low"
  )
)

// 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
    )
    and profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier", "rare")
  )
  // salesforce has been abused to send phishing campaigns leveraging monday.com infrastructure abuse 
  or sender.email.domain.root_domain == "salesforce.com"
)
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