It indicates abnormal HTTP redirection patterns such as instant refresh redirects, header-based redirects, forced intermediate hops, or cookie-dependent redirects that are commonly used to route traffic dynamically and obscure the final destination.
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It indicates abnormal HTTP redirection patterns such as instant refresh redirects, header-based redirects, forced intermediate hops, or cookie-dependent redirects that are commonly used to route traffic dynamically and obscure the final destination.
This is a supporting malicious-context signal with a single tier. It suggests traffic routing or monetization setups but is not conclusive alone; it gains weight when correlated with risky cookies, parking behavior or shared infrastructure indicators.
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.
{
"slug": "http_redirector_anomaly_profile",
"name": "Suspicious Redirector Behavior",
"group": "http_crawling_history",
"subgroup": "http_header_behaviors",
"direction": "malicious",
"evidence": {
"missing_security_headers": 4,
"cors_origin": "*",
"cors_credentials_allowed": true,
"provider_type": "self_hosted",
"risky_cookie_count": 2
}
}12 other signals share the same subgroup. They detect related behaviors and often co-fire on the same IOC.
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