Detection rules › Sublime MQL

Brand impersonation: Sublime Security

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

Possible attempt to impersonate Sublime Security executives.

Threat classification

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

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

Event coverage

Rule body MQL

type.inbound
and (
  sender.display_name in~ (
    'Sublime Security',
    'Josh Kamdjou',
    'Joshua Kamdjou',
    'Ian Thiel'
  )
  or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.email.domain.domain, 'sublimesecurity.com') <= 2
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in (
  'sublimesecurity.com',
  'luma-mail.com',
  'modernloop.io',
  'tabsplatform.com'
)

// 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.

Possible attempt to impersonate Sublime Security executives.

  1. inbound message
  2. any of:
    • sender.display_name in ('Sublime Security', 'Josh Kamdjou', 'Joshua Kamdjou', 'Ian Thiel')
    • sender.email.domain.domain is similar to 'sublimesecurity.com'
  3. sender.email.domain.root_domain not in ('sublimesecurity.com', 'luma-mail.com', 'modernloop.io', 'tabsplatform.com')
  4. 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: strings.ilevenshtein. Reference lists: $high_trust_sender_root_domains.

Indicators matched (9)

FieldMatchValue
sender.display_namememberSublime Security
sender.display_namememberJosh Kamdjou
sender.display_namememberJoshua Kamdjou
sender.display_namememberIan Thiel
strings.ilevenshteinfuzzysublimesecurity.com
sender.email.domain.root_domainmembersublimesecurity.com
sender.email.domain.root_domainmemberluma-mail.com
sender.email.domain.root_domainmembermodernloop.io
sender.email.domain.root_domainmembertabsplatform.com