What it detects01
What does 'Favicon Domain Threat Status' indicate?
It represents the final threat classification of the domain hosting the favicon, derived from multiple risk signals, reputation indicators, and threat intelligence sources.
Favicon Host Domain Risky
It represents the final threat classification of the domain hosting the favicon, derived from multiple risk signals, reputation indicators, and threat intelligence sources.
Also surfaces as:
Favicon Host Domain PhishingFavicon Host Domain MaliciousFavicon Host Domain Popular Malicious
Analyst Q&A
What this signal answers
The questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.
Why it matters02
How are the sublabels interpreted?
'Risky' indicates elevated suspicion, 'Phishing' and 'Malicious' indicate confirmed threat categories, while 'Popular Malicious' highlights widely reused or well-known malicious infrastructure.
How analysts use it03
How should SOC analysts use this label?
Treat it as a decision-level outcome for the favicon host domain and use it to influence overall domain risk scoring and response prioritization.
Often paired with:block_domain
Evidence shape
What Favicon Host Domain Risky looks like in the response
A realistic shape of the entry the engine appends to the risk_signals array when this signal fires. Evidence keys are subgroup-default; per-signal overrides documented in the API reference.
json
{
"slug": "favicon_domain_threat_status",
"name": "Favicon Host Domain Risky",
"group": "http_crawling_history",
"subgroup": "favicon_behaviour",
"direction": "malicious",
"evidence": {
"favicon_hash": "-1293291467",
"unique_hash_count_90d": 3,
"favicon_domain": "cdn-login-assets[.]top",
"hosting_type": "third_party",
"service_match": false
}
}Siblings
Peers in Favicon Behavior
16 other signals share the same subgroup. They detect related behaviors and often co-fire on the same IOC.
Favicon Host Not Resolvable
It indicates that the crawler failed to retrieve the favicon asset due to a network, DNS, or TLS-related error, preventi…
Malicious
Favicon Domain Malware (Security Vendors)
It indicates that one or more reputable security vendors have classified the favicon host domain as associated with malw…
MaliciousCore
Favicon Domain Malware Source
It indicates that the domain hosting the favicon has been directly observed serving malware payloads, exploit code, or m…
MaliciousCore
Favicon Domain Low Popularity
It indicates that the domain hosting the favicon has very low observed traffic, reputation, or backlink presence, sugges…
Malicious
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