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Improve PyPI malware detector to reduce false positives #801

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Yao-Wen-Chang opened this issue Jul 23, 2024 · 1 comment
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Improve PyPI malware detector to reduce false positives #801

Yao-Wen-Chang opened this issue Jul 23, 2024 · 1 comment
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Currently, the PyPI malware detector using seven heuristics generates a high number of false positives.
To enhance the accuracy of our detection, I suggest extending the check to
further confirm malicious behavior within the entire source code and highlight suspicious code blocks.

@Yao-Wen-Chang Yao-Wen-Chang changed the title Improve PyPI Malware Detector to Reduce False Positives Improve PyPI malware detector to reduce false positives Jul 23, 2024
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behnazh-w commented Jul 25, 2024

This PR removes the heuristics that introduce too many FPs: #797

We should definitely improve and expand on the source-code analysis though.

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