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Spam: VertiStream warm-up HTML template

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Summary
This rule detects VertiStream warm-up spam by targeting emails that contain a generator markup in the body: a styled HTML paragraph (<p style="font-family:Bookman Old Style, serif; color: #9400D3;">...</p>) holding only unpunctuated text, sometimes ending with an ellipsis. It is scoped to inbound messages with no non-mailto links in the current thread, no attachments, and without being a reply, forward, or auto-reply. The detector uses HTML and content analysis to confirm the presence of the distinctive styled paragraph and to ensure the message structure remains lightweight (no more than four closing paragraph tags). It also requires the subject to present an unpunctuated, multi-word title and applies a permissive pattern to allow potential leading punctuation or spacing while ensuring the core subject text is non-punctuated. The intent is to identify spam that leverages a minimal, stylized teaser paragraph as a warm-up, a hallmark of VertiStream campaigns, and to separate it from legitimate messages using content and HTML pattern checks that align with social-engineering style while tolerating minor formatting variations (such as trailing ellipses).
Categories
  • Network
Data Sources
  • Network Traffic
Created: 2026-11-09