It means a webpage (often a phishing page) contains the same analytics/tracker identifier (e.g., Google Analytics ID, Facebook Pixel, Matomo/Hotjar ID) as a popular or legitimate site, suggesting the page copied the original site's source or tracking tags.
Three questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.
It means a webpage (often a phishing page) contains the same analytics/tracker identifier (e.g., Google Analytics ID, Facebook Pixel, Matomo/Hotjar ID) as a popular or legitimate site, suggesting the page copied the original site's source or tracking tags.
If an analytics/tracker ID normally associated with a well-known site appears on an unrelated domain, it can indicate the page cloned the original site. Detection is done by matching tracker IDs across domains and flagging unexpected reuse, especially when combined with other signals like domain age, hosting, and form endpoints.
False positives can occur due to shared tag managers, marketing agencies, CDNs, embedded widgets, or legitimate cross-domain tracking. Analysts should correlate tracker-id matches with additional indicators (SSL cert, WHOIS, hosting IP reputation, newly-registered domain, form submission targets) before concluding phishing.
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": "same_tracker_id",
"name": "Tracker ID Reuse",
"group": "http_crawling_history",
"subgroup": "tech_tracker_signals",
"direction": "malicious",
"evidence": {
"detected_stack": [
"nginx",
"wordpress",
"cloudflare"
],
"payment_tech": [],
"security_tech": [
"recaptcha"
],
"ecommerce_tech": []
}
}5 other signals share the same subgroup. They detect related behaviors and often co-fire on the same IOC.
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