Sublime Security high experimental mql

Benefits enrollment impersonation

Detects messages about benefit enrollment periods and healthcare selections from external senders that contain urgent language or requests for action. Excludes legitimate HR communications, marketing mailers, and trusted sender domains with valid authentication.

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Detection Logic

type.inbound
and sender.email.domain.domain not in $org_domains
and (
  length(body.current_thread.text) < 5000 or body.current_thread.text is null
)
and (
  regex.icontains(subject.subject,
                  '(open
| benefits?) enrol{1,2}ment', // catches both enrolment and enrollment
                  'benefit(s)?.{0,10}(?:plan
| choice
| selection
| deadline
| period
| summary)',
                  'hr benefits',
                  'annual enrol{1,2}ment',
                  'healthcare (choice
| selection
| opt.?in)',
                  '(fsa
| hsa
| 401k) (enrol{1,2}ment
| selection)',
                  'dependent (coverage
| verification)',
                  '(health
| dental
| vision
| insurance
| medical) enrol{1,2}ment'
  )
  or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                     'benefit(s)? (plan
| choice
| selection
| deadline
| period)',
                     'hr benefits',
                     'annual enrol{1,2}ment',
                     'healthcare (choice
| selection
| opt.?in)',
                     '(fsa
| hsa
| 401k) (enrol{1,2}ment
| selection)',
                     'dependent (coverage
| verification)',
                     '(health
| dental
| vision
| insurance
| medical) enrol{1,2}ment',
                     '(urgent
| immediate) action required.{0,20}(benefit
| enrol{1,2}ment)',
                     'coverage.{0,20}(expire
| terminate)',
                     'last (day
| chance).{0,20}(enrol{1,2}
| select)',
                     '(login
| sign.?in).{0,20}(benefit portal
| hr portal)',
                     '(verify
| update
| confirm).{0,20}(benefit.{0,20}selection)'
  )
  or any(attachments,
         regex.icontains(.file_name,
                         'fileDoc-Review',
                         '(open
| benefits?) enrol{1,2}ment',
                         'annual enrol{1,2}ment',
                         '(fsa
| hsa
| 401k) (enrol{1,2}ment
| selection)',
                         '(urgent
| immediate) action required.{0,20}(benefit
| enrol{1,2}ment)',
         )
  )
)
and 2 of (
  any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
      .name in ("urgency", "request")
  ),
  any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents, .name != "benign"),
  (
    (length(body.current_thread.text) < 250 and length(attachments) == 1)
    or (body.current_thread.text is null and length(attachments) == 1)
  ),
  // lure in attachment
  (
    any(attachments,
        (
          .file_type in $file_types_images
          or .file_type in ("pdf", "docx", "doc")
          or .file_extension in $file_extensions_macros
        )
        and any(filter(file.explode(.), .scan.ocr.raw is not null),
                (
                  any(ml.nlu_classifier(.scan.ocr.raw).intents,
                      .name != "benign"
                  )
                  and any(ml.nlu_classifier(.scan.ocr.raw).entities,
                          .name in ("urgency", "request")
                  )
                )
        )
    )
  )
)
// negate replies
and (length(headers.references) == 0 or headers.in_reply_to is null)

// Negate common marketing mailers
and not regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
                        'HR (?:Events
| Expert
| Support Center
| Studies
| Knowledge Cloud
| News Library
| Crowd
| Solutions
| Interests)
| HR and People Operations'
)
and not (
  // Constant Contact
  any(headers.hops,
      strings.icontains(.authentication_results.spf_details.designator,
                        "constantcontact.com"
      )
  )
  or any(headers.hops,
         strings.icontains(.received_spf.designator, "constantcontact.com")
  )
  or (
    (
      any(headers.hops,
          .index == 0
          and any(.authentication_results.dkim_details,
                  .domain == "auth.ccsend.com"
          )
      )
    )
    and headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
  )
  or any(headers.references, strings.iends_with(., "ccsend.com"))
  // Hubspot
  or any(headers.hops,
         strings.icontains(.authentication_results.spf_details.designator,
                           "hubspotemail.net"
         )
  )
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in~ (
  'medicare.gov',
  'farmers.com',
  'uhc.com',
  'blueshieldca.com',
  'corestream.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
)

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