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Pdf Malware Detection: Toward Machine Learning Modeling With Explainability Analysis, G. M.Sakhawat Hossain, Kaushik Deb, Helge Janicke, Iqbal H. Sarker
Pdf Malware Detection: Toward Machine Learning Modeling With Explainability Analysis, G. M.Sakhawat Hossain, Kaushik Deb, Helge Janicke, Iqbal H. Sarker
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the most widely used file types, thus fraudsters insert harmful code into victims' PDF documents to compromise their equipment. Conventional solutions and identification techniques are often insufficient and may only partially prevent PDF malware because of their versatile character and excessive dependence on a certain typical feature set. The primary goal of this work is to detect PDF malware efficiently in order to alleviate the current difficulties. To accomplish the goal, we first develop a comprehensive dataset of 15958 PDF samples taking into account the non-malevolent, malicious, and evasive behaviors of the …