PDFClearance

PDFClearance is a software that was derived from research that I conducted during high school to determine whether a PDF is malicious. Instead of using binary analysis, a deterministic yet flawed methodoloy, it uses syntactic analysis on PDFs. It is written in Java.

After analyzing both malicious and benign PDFs, I derived common characteristics in their syntax and then programmed PDFClearance to look for these characteristics.

Awards received:

Silicon Valley Engineering Council Award (2013)
INTEL Science Talent Search Semifinalist (2013)
SIEMENS Competition Semifinalist (2012)
INTEL Excellence in Computer Science Award (2010, 2011, and 2012)

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