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Medium Severity

Service abuse: Task management message sent via SendGrid

Description

Detects messages impersonating task or productivity applications by using 'todo list' in the subject line or body while utilizing SendGrid infrastructure. The sender claims to be task-related through display name or body content but originates from non-legitimate domains without proper DMARC authentication.

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Sublime Security
Created Oct 6th, 2025 • Last updated Oct 6th, 2025
Source
type.inbound
// subject contains "todo list"
and (
  regex.icontains(subject.subject, "T[0o][-\\s]*D[o0][-\\s]*L[I1l]ST")
  // or we can check the body for todo list content with high cred_theft intent
  or (
    regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                    "T[0o][-\\s]*D[o0][-\\s]*L[I1l]ST"
    )
    and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
            .name == "cred_theft" and .confidence == "high"
    )
  )
)
// utilizing sendgrid infra
and headers.return_path.domain.domain == "sendgrid.net"
// 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 (
  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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