Sublime Security medium experimental mql

Xero invoice abuse

Detects suspicious Xero invoice communications containing urgent payment requests where the sender's display name contains either confusable characters or impersonates internal services like HR or IT support.

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Detection Logic

type.inbound
and sender.email.domain.root_domain == "xero.com"
and (
  // contains legitimate xero invoice links
  any(body.links,
      .href_url.domain.domain == "in.xero.com"
      or (
        .href_url.domain.root_domain == "mimecastprotect.com"
        and .href_url.query_params == "domain=in.xero.com"
      )
  )
  // or financial communications with invoice content and urgency
  and (
    any(beta.ml_topic(body.current_thread.text).topics,
        .name == "Financial Communications" and .confidence != "low"
    )
    and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).tags,
            .name == "invoice" and .confidence in ("medium", "high")
    )
    and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
            .name == "urgency"
    )
    and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
            .name == "request"
    )
  )
)
and (
  // display name contains confusables (brand impersonation)
  sender.display_name != strings.replace_confusables(sender.display_name)
  // or HR/recruitment/employment/internal service impersonation
  or regex.icontains(sender.display_name,
                     '\bhr\b
| human resources
| staffing
| recruiting
| recruitment
| employment
| payroll
| it support
| help ?desk
| admin
| administrator'
  )
)

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