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+name: "Vendor impersonation: Thread hijacking with typosquat domain"
+description: "Detects potential thread hijacking where the sender uses a domain similar to known senders, exhibits BEC behavior, and shows signs of compromised thread continuity through domain spoofing or thread manipulation."
+type: "rule"
+severity: "high"
+source: |
+  type.inbound
+  and subject.is_reply
+  and sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $sender_domains
+  // current sender has not been seen in the thread before
+  and any(body.previous_threads,
+          length(regex.iextract(.preamble, '<(?P<previous_email>\S*)>')) > 0
+          and any(regex.iextract(.preamble, '<(?P<previous_email>\S*)>'),
+                  strings.parse_email(.named_groups['previous_email']).domain.domain not in $org_domains
+          )
+  )
+  and all(body.previous_threads,
+          all(regex.iextract(.preamble, '<(?P<previous_email>\S*)>'),
+              strings.parse_email(.named_groups['previous_email']).domain.domain != sender.email.domain.domain
+          )
+  )
+  and any($sender_domains,
+          0 < strings.ilevenshtein(., sender.email.domain.root_domain) < 3
+  )
+  and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
+          .name == "bec" and .confidence != "low"
+  )
+  // risky category
+  and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).topics,
+          .name in (
+            "Financial Communications",
+            "E-Signature",
+            "Benefit Enrollment"
+          )
+          and .confidence == "high"
+  )
+  and 1 of (
+    not network.whois(sender.email.domain).found,
+    any(body.previous_threads, strings.icontains(.preamble, sender.display_name))
+  )
+  and (
+    profile.by_sender_domain().prevalence == "new"
+    or profile.by_sender_domain().days_known < 3
+  )
+
+attack_types:
+  - "BEC/Fraud"
+tactics_and_techniques:
+  - "Lookalike domain"
+  - "Social engineering"
+  - "Spoofing"
+detection_methods:
+  - "Content analysis"
+  - "Natural Language Understanding"
+  - "Sender analysis"
+  - "Whois"
+id: "9c2f38ed-dfc3-5251-aaf1-3d35cf18369e"