
Summary
Detects inbound messages that contain URLs pointing to Google Cloud Storage (storage.googleapis.com) with suspicious actor-controlled URL path patterns. The rule matches the host (storage.googleapis.com) and a specific path regex: ^/[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+-\d{8}-[0-9a-f]+/[^\.]+\.html, which is commonly used to host malicious HTML content or phishing pages under an opaque slug. This pattern is indicative of credential phishing campaigns or evasion techniques, leveraging free-file hosting semantics to disguise the malicious content. When matched, the rule raises a high-severity alert. Attack types include Credential Phishing; tactics include Free file host and Evasion; detection method is URL analysis on inbound message content.
Categories
- Web
- Cloud
- GCP
Data Sources
- Cloud Storage
- Application Log
Created: 2026-05-27