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Add detection rule for Square QR code abuse#4539

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This rule detects messages from Square's marketing domain that contain suspicious QR codes redirecting to non-legitimate domains.
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hunts look good, active campaign observed across several environments.

multi-hunt results in ESC-14160

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Removed reference to 'legitimate Square domains' in the description.
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MSAdministrator commented May 26, 2026

@peterdj45 the samples you provided don't match the current rule but the inclusion of the or .url.domain.root_domain == "image2url.com" seems to be the match needed

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LGTM

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Co-authored-by: Brandon Murphy <4827852+zoomequipd@users.noreply.github.com>
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