1. A method for verifying a file type, the method comprising: receiving, using a hardware processor, a file identified as corresponding to a first file type from a first source; generating a byte value statistical distribution of the data included in the file received from the first source; selecting a model byte value statistical distribution representative of the first file type from model byte value statistical distributions representative of a plurality of file types; determining a distance metric between the byte value statistical distribution of the data included in the file and the selected model byte value statistical distribution; and verifying that a file type of the received file is the first file type based on a comparison of the distance metric to a distance metric threshold indicating that the file type of received file is the first file type.