
Summary
This detection rule targets brand impersonation attempts specific to the digital payment platform, Venmo. It identifies potentially fraudulent communications impersonating Venmo by analyzing the sender's display name and email domain. The rule triggers when the sender's display name includes variations of 'venmo' or if it is a close match (Levenshtein distance of 1) to 'venmo'. Additionally, it checks to confirm that the sending domain is not one of Venmo's legitimate domains, which might indicate a fraudulent source. False positives are minimized by ensuring the sender has not been marked as a false positive and that solicitation conditions are not met. The rule further excludes highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication, significantly reducing the risk of legitimate communications being flagged. The detection method employed is sender analysis, framing the analysis within the broader attack types of credential phishing and associated tactics such as brand impersonation and social engineering.
Categories
- Identity Management
- Web
- Cloud
Data Sources
- User Account
- Network Traffic
Created: 2021-02-19