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46 changes: 46 additions & 0 deletions detection-rules/impersonation_claude_domain.yml
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name: "Brand impersonation: Claude with newly registered domains"
description: "Detects messages impersonating Anthropic or Claude using sender display names of 'Anthropic' or 'Claude' from domains not affiliated with the legitimate brands. The rule flags messages where the sending domain, reply-to domain, or return-path domain is newly registered (under 90 days old)."
type: "rule"
severity: "medium"
source: |
type.inbound
and not sender.email.domain.root_domain in ("claude.com", "anthropic.com")
and sender.display_name in ("Anthropic", "Claude")
// links created less than 90 days
and any(body.links, network.whois(.href_url.domain).days_old <= 90)
and (
// or the return path or sender domain is less than 90 days old
network.whois(sender.email.domain).days_old <= 90
or network.whois(headers.return_path.domain).days_old <= 90
)
and (
strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "claude")
or strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "claude ads")
or strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "anthropic team")
or strings.contains(body.current_thread.text,
"Anthropic PBC, 548 Market St, PMB 90375, San Francisco, CA 94104"
)
or strings.icontains(subject.base, "*claude*")
or strings.icontains(subject.base, "*anthropic*")
or regex.icontains(subject.base,
"(?:early.{0,20}claude|claude.{0,20}(?:early.access|ads))"
)
)
// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and not (
sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
)
attack_types:
- "BEC/Fraud"
- "Spam"
tactics_and_techniques:
- "Lookalike domain"
- "Social engineering"
- "Spoofing"
detection_methods:
- "Content analysis"
- "Header analysis"
- "Sender analysis"
- "Whois"
id: "02d16c54-a773-5286-b7a8-7b37551ccba5"
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