Threat classification
Sublime's own taxonomy (not MITRE ATT&CK).
| Category | Values |
|---|---|
| Attack types | Credential Phishing |
| Tactics and techniques | Impersonation: Brand, Social engineering |
Event coverage
Rule body MQL
type.inbound
and (
length(body.links) < 30
or sender.email.local_part == "newsletter" and length(body.links) < 5
)
and (
(
strings.ilike(subject.subject, '*Microsoft 365*')
and strings.ilike(subject.subject, '*is expired*')
)
or (
// should catch any instance of the word "expired"
strings.ilike(body.current_thread.text, "*expir*")
and strings.ilike(body.current_thread.text, "*password*")
and strings.ilike(body.current_thread.text, "*microsoft*")
)
or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
".*reach you.{0,20}Microsoft Teams"
)
or strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "microsoft account team")
or strings.ilike(sender.display_name, '*new activity in Teams*')
or strings.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(sender.display_name),
'microsoft advertising support'
)
or subject.subject =~ 'Offline Message in Teams'
or strings.ilike(subject.subject, '*Teams Sent A Message')
or sender.display_name in~ (
'Microsoft Partner Network',
'Microsoft Advertising',
'Microsoft',
'Microsoft Feedback',
'Microsoft account team',
'Microsoft Support',
'Microsoft 365 Message center',
'Microsoft Azure'
)
or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
"[MḾṀṂⱮМḿṁṃᵯⱮ𝐌𝑀][iíìîïīĭĩįıɪɨᵢⁱ𝐢𝑖][cćĉċčçƈȼ𝐜𝑐][rŕŗřȑȓɾᵣⁿʳ𝐫𝑟][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][sśŝšșşʂᵴˢˢ𝐬𝑠][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][fḟƒᵮᶠ𝐟𝑓][tťțţᵵₜᵗᵗ𝐭𝑡]"
)
or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
"[MḾṀṂⱮМḿṁṃᵯⱮ𝐌𝑀][iíìîïīĭĩįıɪɨᵢⁱ𝐢𝑖][rŕŗřȑȓɾᵣⁿʳ𝐫𝑟][cćĉċčçƈȼ𝐜𝑐][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][sśŝšșşʂᵴˢˢ𝐬𝑠][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][fḟƒᵮᶠ𝐟𝑓][tťțţᵵₜᵗᵗ𝐭𝑡]" // [sic]
)
)
and not (
sender.email.domain.root_domain in~ (
'microsoft.com',
'microsoftstoreemail.com',
'microsoftsupport.com',
'office.com',
'teams-events.com',
'qualtrics-research.com',
'skype.com',
'azureadnotifications.us',
'microsoftonline.us',
'mail.microsoft',
'office365.com',
'microsoftadvertising.com'
)
and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
and not (
sender.email.domain.domain in~ (
'microsoft.regsvc.com',
'microsoft.onmicrosoft.com'
)
and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
and (
profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier")
or (
profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
)
)
// negate legitimate Office 365 bouncebacks
and not (
all(attachments,
.content_type in ("message/delivery-status", "message/rfc822")
)
and (
sender.email.local_part in ('postmaster', 'mailer-daemon')
or strings.starts_with(sender.email.local_part, 'microsoftexchange')
)
and (
strings.contains(subject.subject, 'Undeliverable:')
or strings.contains(subject.subject, 'Blocked:')
or strings.contains(subject.subject, 'Não é possível entregar:')
)
)
// negate other legitimate MS notifications
and not (
length(body.links) > 0
and all(body.links,
.href_url.domain.root_domain in (
"aka.ms",
"microsoftonline.com",
"microsoft.com"
)
or .href_url.domain.tld == "microsoft"
)
and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
)
// 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
)
// not a newsletter or advertisement
and not (
any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics,
.name in ("Newsletters and Digests") and .confidence == "high"
)
and (
any(body.links,
strings.icontains(.display_text, "unsubscribe")
and (strings.icontains(.href_url.path, "unsubscribe"))
)
)
)
Detection logic
Scope: inbound message.
Impersonation of the Microsoft brand.
- inbound message
any of:
- length(body.links) < 30
all of:
- sender.email.local_part is 'newsletter'
- length(body.links) < 5
any of:
all of:
- subject.subject matches '*Microsoft 365*'
- subject.subject matches '*is expired*'
all of:
- body.current_thread.text matches '*expir*'
- body.current_thread.text matches '*password*'
- body.current_thread.text matches '*microsoft*'
- body.current_thread.text matches '.*reach you.{0,20}Microsoft Teams'
- body.current_thread.text contains 'microsoft account team'
- sender.display_name matches '*new activity in Teams*'
- strings.replace_confusables(sender.display_name) contains 'microsoft advertising support'
- subject.subject is 'Offline Message in Teams'
- subject.subject matches '*Teams Sent A Message'
- sender.display_name in ('Microsoft Partner Network', 'Microsoft Advertising', 'Microsoft', 'Microsoft Feedback', 'Microsoft account team', 'Microsoft Support', 'Microsoft 365 Message center', 'Microsoft Azure')
- sender.display_name matches '[MḾṀṂⱮМḿṁṃᵯⱮ𝐌𝑀][iíìîïīĭĩįıɪɨᵢⁱ𝐢𝑖][cćĉċčçƈȼ𝐜𝑐][rŕŗřȑȓɾᵣⁿʳ𝐫𝑟][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][sśŝšșşʂᵴˢˢ𝐬𝑠][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][fḟƒᵮᶠ𝐟𝑓][tťțţᵵₜᵗᵗ𝐭𝑡]'
- sender.display_name matches '[MḾṀṂⱮМḿṁṃᵯⱮ𝐌𝑀][iíìîïīĭĩįıɪɨᵢⁱ𝐢𝑖][rŕŗřȑȓɾᵣⁿʳ𝐫𝑟][cćĉċčçƈȼ𝐜𝑐][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][sśŝšșşʂᵴˢˢ𝐬𝑠][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][fḟƒᵮᶠ𝐟𝑓][tťțţᵵₜᵗᵗ𝐭𝑡]'
not:
all of:
- sender.email.domain.root_domain in ('microsoft.com', 'microsoftstoreemail.com', 'microsoftsupport.com', 'office.com', 'teams-events.com', 'qualtrics-research.com', 'skype.com', 'azureadnotifications.us', 'microsoftonline.us', 'mail.microsoft', 'office365.com', 'microsoftadvertising.com')
- headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
not:
all of:
- sender.email.domain.domain in ('microsoft.regsvc.com', 'microsoft.onmicrosoft.com')
- headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
any of:
- profile.by_sender().prevalence in ('new', 'outlier')
all of:
- profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
not:
- profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
not:
all of:
all of
attachmentswhere:- .content_type in ('message/delivery-status', 'message/rfc822')
any of:
- sender.email.local_part in ('postmaster', 'mailer-daemon')
- sender.email.local_part starts with 'microsoftexchange'
any of:
- subject.subject contains 'Undeliverable:'
- subject.subject contains 'Blocked:'
- subject.subject contains 'Não é possível entregar:'
not:
all of:
- length(body.links) > 0
all of
body.linkswhere any holds:- .href_url.domain.root_domain in ('aka.ms', 'microsoftonline.com', 'microsoft.com')
- .href_url.domain.tld is 'microsoft'
- headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
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
not:
all of:
any of
ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topicswhere all hold:- .name in ('Newsletters and Digests')
- .confidence is 'high'
any of
body.linkswhere all hold:- .display_text contains 'unsubscribe'
- .href_url.path contains 'unsubscribe'
Inspects: attachments[].content_type, body.current_thread.text, body.links, body.links[].display_text, body.links[].href_url.domain.root_domain, body.links[].href_url.domain.tld, body.links[].href_url.path, headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, sender.display_name, sender.email.domain.domain, sender.email.domain.root_domain, sender.email.local_part, subject.subject, type.inbound. Sensors: ml.nlu_classifier, profile.by_sender, regex.icontains, strings.contains, strings.icontains, strings.ilike, strings.replace_confusables, strings.starts_with. Reference lists: $high_trust_sender_root_domains.
Indicators matched (51)
| Field | Match | Value |
|---|---|---|
sender.email.local_part | equals | newsletter |
strings.ilike | substring | *Microsoft 365* |
strings.ilike | substring | *is expired* |
strings.ilike | substring | *expir* |
strings.ilike | substring | *password* |
strings.ilike | substring | *microsoft* |
regex.icontains | regex | .*reach you.{0,20}Microsoft Teams |
strings.icontains | substring | microsoft account team |
strings.ilike | substring | *new activity in Teams* |
strings.icontains | substring | microsoft advertising support |
subject.subject | equals | Offline Message in Teams |
strings.ilike | substring | *Teams Sent A Message |
39 more
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft Partner Network |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft Advertising |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft Feedback |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft account team |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft Support |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft 365 Message center |
sender.display_name | member | Microsoft Azure |
regex.icontains | regex | [MḾṀṂⱮМḿṁṃᵯⱮ𝐌𝑀][iíìîïīĭĩįıɪɨᵢⁱ𝐢𝑖][cćĉċčçƈȼ𝐜𝑐][rŕŗřȑȓɾᵣⁿʳ𝐫𝑟][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][sśŝšșşʂᵴˢˢ𝐬𝑠][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][fḟƒᵮᶠ𝐟𝑓][tťțţᵵₜᵗᵗ𝐭𝑡] |
regex.icontains | regex | [MḾṀṂⱮМḿṁṃᵯⱮ𝐌𝑀][iíìîïīĭĩįıɪɨᵢⁱ𝐢𝑖][rŕŗřȑȓɾᵣⁿʳ𝐫𝑟][cćĉċčçƈȼ𝐜𝑐][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][sśŝšșşʂᵴˢˢ𝐬𝑠][oóòôõöøōŏőɵₒᵒº𝐨𝑜][fḟƒᵮᶠ𝐟𝑓][tťțţᵵₜᵗᵗ𝐭𝑡] |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | microsoft.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | microsoftstoreemail.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | microsoftsupport.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | office.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | teams-events.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | qualtrics-research.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | skype.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | azureadnotifications.us |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | microsoftonline.us |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | mail.microsoft |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | office365.com |
sender.email.domain.root_domain | member | microsoftadvertising.com |
sender.email.domain.domain | member | microsoft.regsvc.com |
sender.email.domain.domain | member | microsoft.onmicrosoft.com |
attachments[].content_type | member | message/delivery-status |
attachments[].content_type | member | message/rfc822 |
sender.email.local_part | member | postmaster |
sender.email.local_part | member | mailer-daemon |
strings.starts_with | prefix | microsoftexchange |
strings.contains | substring | Undeliverable: |
strings.contains | substring | Blocked: |
strings.contains | substring | Não é possível entregar: |
body.links[].href_url.domain.root_domain | member | aka.ms |
body.links[].href_url.domain.root_domain | member | microsoftonline.com |
body.links[].href_url.domain.root_domain | member | microsoft.com |
body.links[].href_url.domain.tld | equals | microsoft |
ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics[].name | member | Newsletters and Digests |
ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics[].confidence | equals | high |
strings.icontains | substring | unsubscribe |