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sublimelowRule

Brand impersonation: Spotify

Impersonation of Spotify.

Detection Query

type.inbound
and (
  strings.ilike(sender.display_name, '*spotify*')
  or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.display_name, 'spotify') <= 1
  or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, '*spotify*')
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in~ (
  'spotify.com',
  'byspotify.com',
  'echosign.com',
  'fromspotify.com',
  'anchor.fm'
)
and sender.email.domain.domain not in~ ('privaterelay.appleid.com')
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 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
)

Data Sources

Email MessagesEmail HeadersEmail Attachments

Platforms

email
Raw Content
name: "Brand impersonation: Spotify"
description: |
  Impersonation of Spotify.
references:
  - "https://www.phishprotection.com/blog/the-latest-popular-service-to-serve-you-up-phishing-emails-spotify/"
type: "rule"
severity: "low"
source: |
  type.inbound
  and (
    strings.ilike(sender.display_name, '*spotify*')
    or strings.ilevenshtein(sender.display_name, 'spotify') <= 1
    or strings.ilike(sender.email.domain.domain, '*spotify*')
  )
  and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in~ (
    'spotify.com',
    'byspotify.com',
    'echosign.com',
    'fromspotify.com',
    'anchor.fm'
  )
  and sender.email.domain.domain not in~ ('privaterelay.appleid.com')
  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 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
  )

attack_types:
  - "Credential Phishing"
tactics_and_techniques:
  - "Impersonation: Brand"
  - "Lookalike domain"
  - "Social engineering"
detection_methods:
  - "Sender analysis"
id: "70e80f91-179d-51dc-9bbd-75f1bc6f9bb3"