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Link: Job recruitment lure from unsolicited sender with suspicious hosting

Message contains job recruitment language with links to suspicious hosting services including free file hosts, subdomain hosts, or URL shorteners from an unsolicited sender.

MITRE ATT&CK

initial-access

Detection Query

type.inbound
// commonly observed abused senders
and sender.email.domain.root_domain in (
  'hireology.com',
  'appsheet.com',
  'welcomekit.co',
  'xero.com',
  'workforce.com',
  'eventbrite.com',
  'tiscali.it',
  'on24event.com',
  'talexio.com',
  'easy.jobs',
  'suitzzedash.com',
  'awsapps.com',
  'beehiiv.com'
)
and regex.icontains(sender.display_name, 'careers|jobs')
and (
  any(body.links,
      (
        // domain contains brand, but root domain is not legit brand domain
        regex.icontains(.href_url.domain.domain,
                        '(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red[ -]?bull|nike|robert[ -]?half|adidas|coca[ -]?cola|instagram|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ledger|uber|ikea|canva|bbdo|mango)'
        )
        and not regex.icontains(.href_url.domain.root_domain,
                                '(?:spotify|instagram|ferarri|tesla|nike|adidas|louisvuitton|redbull|roberthalf|coca-cola|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ledger|uber|ikea|canva|bbdo|mango)\.com'
        )
      )
      and not regex.icontains(.display_text, 'unsubscribe')
  )
  or (
    regex.icontains(subject.base,
                    '(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red.?bull|nike|robert[ _-]?half|adidas|coca[ _-]?cola|instagram|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ray[ _-]ban|meta talent|executive talent|talent acquisition|ledger|\buber\b|\bikea\b|canva|bbdo|mango)'
    )
    or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
                       '(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red.?bull|nike|robert[ _-]?half|adidas|coca[ _-]?cola|instagram|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ray[ _-]ban|meta talent|executive talent|talent acquisition|ledger|\buber\b|\bikea\b|canva|bbdo|mango)'
    )
    or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                       '\b(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red.?bull|nike|robert[ _-]?half|adidas|coca[ _-]?cola|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ray[ _-]ban|meta talent|executive talent|talent acquisition|ledger|uber|ikea|canva|bbdo|mango)\b'
    )
    or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
                       '^[a-z-]+\s*\|\s*(?:Careers|Recruitment|hiring talent|talent connect|talents recruitment$)'
    )
    or regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '\bIG\b.*(?:Recruitment|Strategy)')
  )
)
and not regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                        '\b(?:facebook|copyright|llp|legal|vip|representative|case details|summit|training|conference|apartments|live\s*stream|masterclass|tickets|b2b networking|RSVP|discover more events|Marketing e Eventos|workshop|register here|vip|delivery date)\b'
)

Data Sources

Email MessagesEmail HeadersEmail Attachments

Platforms

email
Raw Content
name: "Link: Job recruitment lure from unsolicited sender with suspicious hosting"
description: "Message contains job recruitment language with links to suspicious hosting services including free file hosts, subdomain hosts, or URL shorteners from an unsolicited sender."
type: "rule"
severity: "medium"
source: |
  type.inbound
  // commonly observed abused senders
  and sender.email.domain.root_domain in (
    'hireology.com',
    'appsheet.com',
    'welcomekit.co',
    'xero.com',
    'workforce.com',
    'eventbrite.com',
    'tiscali.it',
    'on24event.com',
    'talexio.com',
    'easy.jobs',
    'suitzzedash.com',
    'awsapps.com',
    'beehiiv.com'
  )
  and regex.icontains(sender.display_name, 'careers|jobs')
  and (
    any(body.links,
        (
          // domain contains brand, but root domain is not legit brand domain
          regex.icontains(.href_url.domain.domain,
                          '(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red[ -]?bull|nike|robert[ -]?half|adidas|coca[ -]?cola|instagram|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ledger|uber|ikea|canva|bbdo|mango)'
          )
          and not regex.icontains(.href_url.domain.root_domain,
                                  '(?:spotify|instagram|ferarri|tesla|nike|adidas|louisvuitton|redbull|roberthalf|coca-cola|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ledger|uber|ikea|canva|bbdo|mango)\.com'
          )
        )
        and not regex.icontains(.display_text, 'unsubscribe')
    )
    or (
      regex.icontains(subject.base,
                      '(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red.?bull|nike|robert[ _-]?half|adidas|coca[ _-]?cola|instagram|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ray[ _-]ban|meta talent|executive talent|talent acquisition|ledger|\buber\b|\bikea\b|canva|bbdo|mango)'
      )
      or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
                         '(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red.?bull|nike|robert[ _-]?half|adidas|coca[ _-]?cola|instagram|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ray[ _-]ban|meta talent|executive talent|talent acquisition|ledger|\buber\b|\bikea\b|canva|bbdo|mango)'
      )
      or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                         '\b(?:ferrari|tesla|vuitton|red.?bull|nike|robert[ _-]?half|adidas|coca[ _-]?cola|spotify|reebok|marriott|starbucks|whatsapp|ray[ _-]ban|meta talent|executive talent|talent acquisition|ledger|uber|ikea|canva|bbdo|mango)\b'
      )
      or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
                         '^[a-z-]+\s*\|\s*(?:Careers|Recruitment|hiring talent|talent connect|talents recruitment$)'
      )
      or regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '\bIG\b.*(?:Recruitment|Strategy)')
    )
  )
  and not regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                          '\b(?:facebook|copyright|llp|legal|vip|representative|case details|summit|training|conference|apartments|live\s*stream|masterclass|tickets|b2b networking|RSVP|discover more events|Marketing e Eventos|workshop|register here|vip|delivery date)\b'
  )

attack_types:
  - "Credential Phishing"
tactics_and_techniques:
  - "Social engineering" 
detection_methods:
  - "Content analysis"
  - "Sender analysis"
  - "URL analysis"
id: "0d9ea49e-6393-51ee-97e8-e8efb8cebda0"