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=head1 NAME

Email::Abuse::Investigator - Analyse spam email to identify originating hosts,
hosted URLs, and suspicious domains

=head1 VERSION

Version 0.12

=cut

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Email::Abuse::Investigator;

    my $analyser = Email::Abuse::Investigator->new( verbose => 1 );
    $analyser->parse_email($raw_email_text);

    # Originating IP and its network owner
    my $origin = $analyser->originating_ip();

    # All HTTP/HTTPS URLs found in the body
    my @urls  = $analyser->embedded_urls();

    # All domains extracted from mailto: links and bare addresses in the body
    my @mdoms = $analyser->mailto_domains();

    # All domains mentioned anywhere (union of the above)
    my @adoms = $analyser->all_domains();

    # Full printable report
    print $analyser->report();

=head1 DESCRIPTION

C<Email::Abuse::Investigator> examines the raw source of a spam/phishing e-mail
and answers the questions manual abuse investigators ask:

=over 4

=item 1. Where did the message really come from?

Walks the C<Received:> chain, skips private/trusted IPs, and identifies the
first external hop.  Enriches with rDNS, WHOIS/RDAP org name and abuse
contact.  Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported.

=item 2. Who hosts the advertised web sites?

Extracts every C<http://> and C<https://> URL from both plain-text and HTML
parts, resolves each hostname to an IP, and looks up the network owner.

=item 3. Who owns the reply-to / contact domains?

Extracts domains from C<mailto:> links, bare e-mail addresses in the body,
the C<From:>/C<Reply-To:>/C<Sender:>/C<Return-Path:> headers, C<DKIM-Signature: d=>
(the signing domain), C<List-Unsubscribe:> (the ESP or bulk-sender domain), and the
C<Message-ID:> domain.  For each unique domain it gathers:

=over 8

=item * Domain registrar and registrant (WHOIS)

=item * Web-hosting IP and network owner (A record -> RDAP)

=item * Mail-hosting IP and network owner (MX record -> RDAP)

=item * DNS nameserver operator (NS record -> RDAP)

=item * Whether the domain was recently registered (potential flag)

=back

=back

=cut

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new( %options )

Constructs and returns a new C<Email::Abuse::Investigator> analyser object.  The
object is stateless until C<parse_email()> is called; all analysis results
are stored on the object and retrieved via the public accessor methods
documented below.

A single object may be reused for multiple emails by calling C<parse_email()>
again: all per-message cached state from the previous message is discarded
automatically.  Cross-message IP and domain lookup results are retained
in a shared CHI cache (if C<CHI> is installed) to avoid redundant network
queries across messages processed in the same process.

=head3 Usage

    # Minimal -- all options take safe defaults
    my $analyser = Email::Abuse::Investigator->new();

    # With options
    my $analyser = Email::Abuse::Investigator->new(
        timeout        => 15,
        trusted_relays => ['203.0.113.0/24', '10.0.0.0/8'],
        verbose        => 0,
    );

    $analyser->parse_email($raw_rfc2822_text);
    my $origin   = $analyser->originating_ip();
    my @urls     = $analyser->embedded_urls();
    my @domains  = $analyser->mailto_domains();
    my $risk     = $analyser->risk_assessment();
    my @contacts = $analyser->abuse_contacts();
    print $analyser->report();

=head3 Arguments

All arguments are optional named parameters passed as a flat key-value list.

=over 4

=item C<timeout> (integer, default 10)

Maximum seconds to wait for any single network operation.  Set to 0 to
disable timeouts (not recommended for production use).

=item C<trusted_relays> (arrayref of strings, default [])

IP addresses or CIDR blocks to skip during Received: chain analysis.
Each element may be an exact IPv4 address (C<'192.0.2.1'>) or a CIDR
block (C<'192.0.2.0/24'>).

=item C<verbose> (boolean, default 0)

When true, diagnostic messages are written to STDERR.

=back

=head3 Returns

A blessed C<Email::Abuse::Investigator> object.  No network I/O is performed
during construction.

=head3 Side Effects

If C<CHI> is installed, a shared in-memory cache is initialised (or
re-used if a cache was already created by a prior call to C<new()>).
This cache persists for the lifetime of the process.

=head3 Notes

=over 4

=item *

Unknown option keys are silently ignored.

=item *

The object is not thread-safe.  Use a separate object per thread.

=item *

WHOIS read timeouts use C<IO::Select> rather than C<alarm()>, so they
work correctly on Windows and in threaded Perl interpreters.

=back

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    {
        timeout => {
            type     => 'integer',
            optional => 1,
            min      => 0,
            default  => 10,
        },
        trusted_relays => {
            type          => 'arrayref',
            element_type  => 'string',
            optional      => 1,
            default       => [],
        },
        verbose => {
            type     => 'boolean',
            optional => 1,
            default  => 0,
        },
    }

=head4 Output

    {
        type => 'object',
        isa  => 'Email::Abuse::Investigator',
    }

=cut

=head2 parse_email( $text )

Feeds a raw RFC 2822 email message to the analyser and prepares it for
subsequent interrogation.  This is the only method that must be called
before any other public method.

If the same object is used for a second message, calling C<parse_email()>
again completely replaces all per-message state from the first message.
The cross-message CHI cache is B<not> flushed; IP and domain lookups
cached from prior messages are retained.

=head3 Usage

    my $raw = do { local $/; <STDIN> };
    $analyser->parse_email($raw);

    # Scalar reference (avoids copying large messages)
    $analyser->parse_email(\$raw);

    # Chained
    my $analyser = Email::Abuse::Investigator->new()->parse_email($raw);

=head3 Arguments

=over 4

=item C<$text> (string or string reference, required)

Complete raw RFC 2822 email message, including all headers and the body.
Both LF-only and CRLF line endings are accepted.

=back

=head3 Returns

The object itself (C<$self>), enabling method chaining.

=head3 Side Effects

Parses headers, decodes the body (quoted-printable, base64, multipart),
extracts sending-software fingerprints, and populates per-hop tracking
data.  All previously computed lazy results are discarded.

=head3 Notes

=over 4

=item *

If C<$text> is empty or contains no header/body separator, all public
methods will return empty/safe values.

=item *

Decoding errors in base64 or quoted-printable payloads are silenced; raw
bytes are used in place of correct output to prevent exceptions.

=back

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    [
        {
            type => [ 'string', 'stringref' ]
        },
    ]

=head4 Output

    {
        type => 'object',
        isa  => 'Email::Abuse::Investigator',
    }

=cut

=head2 originating_ip()

Identifies the IP address of the machine that originally injected the
message into the mail system by walking the C<Received:> chain, skipping
private/trusted hops, and enriching the first external hop with rDNS,
WHOIS/RDAP organisation name, abuse contact, and country code.

Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are extracted and evaluated.

The result is cached; subsequent calls return the same hashref without
repeating network I/O.

=head3 Usage

    my $orig = $analyser->originating_ip();
    if (defined $orig) {
        printf "Origin: %s (%s)\n", $orig->{ip}, $orig->{rdns};
        printf "Owner:  %s\n",      $orig->{org};
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.  C<parse_email()> must have been called first.

=head3 Returns

A hashref with keys C<ip>, C<rdns>, C<org>, C<abuse>, C<confidence>,
C<note>, and C<country> (may be undef).  Returns C<undef> if no suitable
originating IP can be determined.

=head3 Side Effects

On first call: one PTR lookup and one RDAP/WHOIS query.  Results are cached
in the object and in the cross-message CHI cache (if available).

=head3 Notes

Only the first (oldest) external IP in the chain is reported.  See
C<received_trail()> for the full chain.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    {
        type => [ 'hashref', 'undef' ],
        keys => {
            ip         => { type => 'string', regex => qr/[\d.:a-fA-F]/ },
            rdns       => { type => 'string' },
            org        => { type => 'string' },
            abuse      => { type => 'string' },
            confidence => { type => 'string', memberof => [ 'high', 'medium', 'low' ] },
            note       => { type => 'string' },
            country    => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
        },
    }

=cut

=head2 embedded_urls()

Extracts every HTTP and HTTPS URL from the message body and enriches each
one with the hosting IP address, network organisation name, abuse contact,
and country code.  Both IPv4 and IPv6 host addresses are supported.

URL extraction runs across both plain-text and HTML body parts.  DNS
lookups for each unique hostname are optionally parallelised via
C<AnyEvent::DNS> if that module is installed.

The result is cached; subsequent calls return the same list without
repeating network I/O.

=head3 Usage

    my @urls = $analyser->embedded_urls();
    for my $u (@urls) {
        printf "URL: %s  host: %s  org: %s\n",
            $u->{url}, $u->{host}, $u->{org};
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.  C<parse_email()> must have been called first.

=head3 Returns

A list of hashrefs, one per unique URL, in first-seen order.  Returns an
empty list if no HTTP/HTTPS URLs are present.  Each hashref has keys
C<url>, C<host>, C<ip>, C<org>, C<abuse>, C<country>.

=head3 Side Effects

Per unique hostname: one A/AAAA lookup and one RDAP/WHOIS query.  Results
are cached in the object and in the cross-message CHI cache.

=head3 Notes

Only C<http://> and C<https://> URLs are extracted.  URL shortener hosts
are included in the returned list (they are flagged by C<risk_assessment()>).

When L<LWP::UserAgent> is available, URLs whose host is a known URL shortener
or cloud-storage redirect cloaker (Google Cloud Storage C<storage.googleapis.com>,
Azure Blob Storage C<blob.core.windows.net>, Cloudflare Pages C<pages.dev>,
S3 buckets, CloudFront distributions, etc.) are automatically resolved by
following HTTP 3xx redirects and HTML C<meta http-equiv="refresh"> or
C<window.location> patterns up to C<$REDIRECT_MAX_HOPS> hops.  The resolved
destination URL is added to the returned list alongside the original, so abuse
contacts for the real phishing target are always reported even when the email
body contains only an object-store redirect URL.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    (
        {
            type => 'hashref',
            keys => {
                url     => { type => 'string', regex => qr{^https?://}i },
                host    => { type => 'string' },
                ip      => { type => 'string' },
                org     => { type => 'string' },
                abuse   => { type => 'string' },
                country => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
            },
        },
        ...
    )

=cut

=head2 mailto_domains()

Identifies every domain associated with the message as a contact, reply,
or delivery address, then runs a full intelligence pipeline on each one
(A record, MX, NS, WHOIS) to determine hosting and registration details.

The result is cached; subsequent calls return the same list without
repeating network I/O.

=head3 Usage

    my @domains = $analyser->mailto_domains();
    for my $d (@domains) {
        printf "Domain: %s  registrar: %s\n",
            $d->{domain}, $d->{registrar} // 'unknown';
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.  C<parse_email()> must have been called first.

=head3 Returns

A list of hashrefs, one per unique domain.  See the main POD for the full
set of possible keys.  Returns an empty list if no qualifying domains are
found.

=head3 Side Effects

Per unique domain: up to three A lookups, one MX lookup, one NS lookup,
and two WHOIS queries.  Results are cached in the object and in the
cross-message CHI cache.

=head3 Notes

MX and NS lookups require C<Net::DNS>.  Without it those keys are absent
from every returned hashref.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    (
        {
            type => 'hashref',
            keys => {
                domain  => { type => 'string' },
                source  => { type => 'string' },
                # All other keys optional -- see main POD
            },
        },
        ...
    )

=cut

=head2 all_domains()

Returns the deduplicated union of every registrable domain seen anywhere
in the message -- URL hosts from C<embedded_urls()> and contact domains
from C<mailto_domains()> -- normalised to eTLD+1 form.

Triggers C<embedded_urls()> and C<mailto_domains()> lazily.

=head3 Usage

    my @domains = $analyser->all_domains();
    print "$_\n" for @domains;

=head3 Arguments

None.

=head3 Returns

A list of plain strings (registrable domain names), lower-cased, no
duplicates, in first-seen order.

=head3 Side Effects

Triggers C<embedded_urls()> and C<mailto_domains()> if not already cached.

=head3 Notes

Normalisation to eTLD+1 uses C<Domain::PublicSuffix> if installed, falling
back to a built-in heuristic otherwise.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    (
        { type => 'string', regex => qr/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]*\.[a-z]{2,}$/ },
        ...
    )

=cut

=head2 unresolved_contacts()

Returns a list of domains and URL hosts found in the message for which no
abuse contact could be determined.  Useful for surfacing parties that may
warrant manual investigation.

=head3 Usage

    my @unresolved = $analyser->unresolved_contacts();
    for my $u (@unresolved) {
        printf "Unresolved: %s (%s) via %s\n",
            $u->{domain}, $u->{type}, $u->{source};
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.

=head3 Returns

A list of hashrefs, each with keys C<domain>, C<type> (C<'url_host'> or
C<'domain'>), and C<source> (where the domain was found).

=head3 Side Effects

Triggers C<embedded_urls()>, C<mailto_domains()>, C<abuse_contacts()>,
and C<form_contacts()> if not already cached.

=head3 Notes

Domains sourced only from spoofable sending headers (C<From:>,
C<Return-Path:>, C<Sender:>) are excluded.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    (
        {
            type => 'hashref',
            keys => {
                domain => { type => 'string' },
                type   => { type => 'string', memberof => [ 'url_host', 'domain' ] },
                source => { type => 'string' },
            },
        },
        ...
    )

=cut

=head2 sending_software()

Returns information extracted from headers that identify the software or
server-side infrastructure used to compose or inject the message.  Headers
such as C<X-PHP-Originating-Script> reveal the exact PHP script and Unix
account responsible on shared-hosting platforms.

Data is extracted during C<parse_email()> with no network I/O.

=head3 Usage

    my @sw = $analyser->sending_software();
    for my $s (@sw) {
        printf "%-30s : %s\n", $s->{header}, $s->{value};
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.  C<parse_email()> must have been called first.

=head3 Returns

A list of hashrefs in alphabetical header-name order.  Returns an empty
list if none of the watched headers are present.  Each hashref has keys
C<header>, C<value>, and C<note>.

=head3 Side Effects

None.  Data is pre-collected during C<parse_email()>.

=head3 Notes

Header names are lower-cased.  Header values are stored verbatim.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    (
        {
            type => 'hashref',
            keys => {
                header => { type => 'string' },
                value  => { type => 'string' },
                note   => { type => 'string' },
            },
        },
        ...
    )

=cut

=head2 received_trail()

Returns per-hop tracking data extracted from the C<Received:> header chain:
the IP address, envelope recipient address, and server session ID for each
relay.  ISP postmasters use these identifiers to locate the SMTP session in
their logs.

=head3 Usage

    my @trail = $analyser->received_trail();
    for my $hop (@trail) {
        printf "IP: %s  ID: %s\n",
            $hop->{ip} // '?', $hop->{id} // '?';
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.  C<parse_email()> must have been called first.

=head3 Returns

A list of hashrefs in oldest-first order.  Returns an empty list if no
C<Received:> headers are present or none yielded extractable data.  Each
hashref has keys C<received>, C<ip> (may be undef), C<for> (may be undef),
C<id> (may be undef).

=head3 Side Effects

None.  Data is pre-collected during C<parse_email()>.

=head3 Notes

Private IPs are NOT filtered here; all IPs including RFC 1918 addresses
are returned as found.  Filtering is applied only by C<originating_ip()>.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    (
        {
            type => 'hashref',
            keys => {
                received => { type => 'string' },
                ip       => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
                for      => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
                id       => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
            },
        },
        ...
    )

=cut

=head2 risk_assessment()

Evaluates the message against heuristic checks and returns an overall risk
level, a weighted numeric score, and a list of every specific red flag.

The assessment covers five categories: originating IP, email authentication,
Date: header validity, identity/header consistency, and URL/domain properties.

The result is cached; subsequent calls return the same hashref without
repeating any analysis.

=head3 Usage

    my $risk = $analyser->risk_assessment();
    printf "Risk: %s (score: %d)\n", $risk->{level}, $risk->{score};
    for my $f (@{ $risk->{flags} }) {
        printf "  [%s] %s\n", $f->{severity}, $f->{detail};
    }

=head3 Arguments

None.  C<parse_email()> must have been called first.

=head3 Returns

A hashref with keys C<level> (HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW/INFO), C<score> (integer),
and C<flags> (arrayref of hashrefs with C<severity>, C<flag>, C<detail>).

=head3 Side Effects

Triggers C<originating_ip()>, C<embedded_urls()>, and C<mailto_domains()>
if not already cached.

=head3 Notes

Scores: HIGH >= 9, MEDIUM >= 5, LOW >= 2, INFO < 2.
Flag weights: HIGH=3, MEDIUM=2, LOW=1, INFO=0.

=head3 API Specification

=head4 Input

    []

=head4 Output

    {
        type => 'hashref',
        keys => {
            level => { type => 'string', memberof => ['HIGH', 'MEDIUM', 'LOW', 'INFO'] },
            score => { type => 'integer' },
            flags => { type => 'arrayref' },
        },
    }

=cut