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Basic Legit Analytics

It indicates the presence of well-known, legitimate web analytics and reporting mechanisms, such as standard analytics cookies and clean reporting headers, commonly used by professional and non-abusive websites.

Also surfaces as:
Session-Aware Legit Analytics
Analyst Q&A

What this signal answers

The questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.

What it detects01

What does the 'Legitimate Analytics' classification indicate?

It indicates the presence of well-known, legitimate web analytics and reporting mechanisms, such as standard analytics cookies and clean reporting headers, commonly used by professional and non-abusive websites.

Why it matters02

What does 'Basic Legit Analytics' mean?

It means the site shows a small number of standard measurement signals, such as common analytics cookies, clean reporting endpoints or measurement headers. This is informational context only and carries little weight on its own.

How analysts use it03

What does 'Session-Aware Legit Analytics' represent?

It represents analytics usage that is coherently integrated with user sessions, reflecting intentional measurement rather than aggressive or covert tracking behavior.

Worth knowing04

How should SOC analysts interpret this label?

This is a safe-context signal that lowers suspicion for tracking-related abuse. It should be used to balance risk scoring but must not outweigh explicit malicious indicators.

Evidence shape

What Basic Legit Analytics 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": "legitimate_analytics_profile",
  "name": "Basic Legit Analytics",
  "group": "http_crawling_history",
  "subgroup": "http_header_behaviors",
  "direction": "safe",
  "evidence": {
    "missing_security_headers": 4,
    "cors_origin": "*",
    "cors_credentials_allowed": true,
    "provider_type": "self_hosted",
    "risky_cookie_count": 2
  }
}
See in API reference
Siblings

Peers in HTTP Header Behaviors

12 other signals share the same subgroup. They detect related behaviors and often co-fire on the same IOC.

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MaliciousCore
Structured Custom Header Set

It indicates the domain returns a small but deliberate set of custom HTTP headers, which is typical of sites running on …

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