feat(heuristics): add Fake Email analyzer to validate maintainer email domain #1106
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Summary
This PR adds a new heuristic analyzer called
FakeEmailAnalyzer
. It verifies the validity of maintainer email addresses listed in a PyPI package by checking both the format and the existence of MX records for their domains. This helps detect packages with fake or throwaway emails, which are often indicative of malicious intent.Description of changes
FakeEmailAnalyzer
that:detect_malicious_metadata_check.py
to include and invoke this new analyzer.Related issues
None
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