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Reconnaissance: Empty subject with mismatched reply-to from new sender

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Summary
This rule aims to detect suspicious email behaviors indicative of potential phishing attacks or business email compromise (BEC). It specifically identifies emails sent from a new sender that lack a subject line and have a reply-to address different from the sender's address. Such characteristics may suggest attempts at impersonation or header manipulation, which are common tactics used in malicious email campaigns. The detection logic checks for the following conditions: the email must be inbound, the sender's email is considered 'new', there is no subject, a reply-to address is present, and the reply-to address does not match the sender's address. These conditions together highlight the presence of anomalies that could warrant further investigation.
Categories
  • Web
  • Endpoint
  • Identity Management
  • Cloud
Data Sources
  • User Account
  • Application Log
  • Network Traffic
Created: 2026-02-12