rule extortion_email { meta: author = "milann shrestha <Twitter - @x0verhaul>" description = "Detects the possible extortion scam on the basis of subjects and keywords" data = "12th May 2020" strings: $eml1="From:" $eml2="To:" $eml3="Subject:" // Common Subjects scammer keep for luring the targets $sub1 = "Hackers know password from your account." $sub2 = "Security Alert. Your accounts were hacked by a criminal group." $sub3 = "Your account was under attack! Change your credentials!" $sub4 = "The decision to suspend your account. Waiting for payment" $sub5 = "Fraudsters know your old passwords. Access data must be changed." $sub6 = "Your account has been hacked! You need to unlock it." $sub7 = "Be sure to read this message! Your personal data is threatened!" $sub8 = "Password must be changed now." // Keywords used for extortion $key1 = "BTC" nocase $key2 = "Wallet" nocase $key3 = "Bitcoin" nocase $key4 = "hours" nocase $key5 = "payment" nocase $key6 = "malware" nocase $key = "bitcoin address" nocase $key7 = "access" nocase $key8 = "virus" nocase condition: all of ($eml*) and any of ($sub*) and any of ($key*) }