Detection rules › Sublime MQL

Brand impersonation: Dotloop

Severity
medium
Type
rule
Source
github.com/sublime-security/sublime-rules

Impersonation of Dotloop, a real estate transaction management platform.

Threat classification

Sublime's own taxonomy (not MITRE ATT&CK).

CategoryValues
Attack typesCredential Phishing
Tactics and techniquesImpersonation: Brand, Social engineering

Event coverage

Rule body MQL

type.inbound
and (
  strings.ilike(sender.display_name, '*dotloop*')
  or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, '*dotloop*')
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in~ ('dotloop.com', 'showingtime.com')
and (
  (
    profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier")
    and not profile.by_sender().solicited
  )
  or profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
)
and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign

// 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
)

Detection logic

Scope: inbound message.

Impersonation of Dotloop, a real estate transaction management platform.

  1. inbound message
  2. any of:
    • sender.display_name matches '*dotloop*'
    • sender.email.domain.domain matches '*dotloop*'
  3. sender.email.domain.root_domain not in ('dotloop.com', 'showingtime.com')
  4. any of:
    • all of:
      • profile.by_sender().prevalence in ('new', 'outlier')
      • not:
        • profile.by_sender().solicited
    • profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
  5. not:
    • profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
  6. any of:
    • all of:
      • sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
      • not:
        • headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
    • sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains

Inspects: headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, sender.display_name, sender.email.domain.domain, sender.email.domain.root_domain, type.inbound. Sensors: profile.by_sender, strings.ilike. Reference lists: $high_trust_sender_root_domains.

Indicators matched (3)

FieldMatchValue
strings.ilikesubstring*dotloop*
sender.email.domain.root_domainmemberdotloop.com
sender.email.domain.root_domainmembershowingtime.com