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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2011
Applicants:

Matthew Richard, Holden, MA (US);

Jesse J. Lee, Allen, TX (US);

Monty D. Mcdougal, St. Paul, TX (US);

Randy S. Jennings, Plano, TX (US);

William E. Sterns, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Richard, Holden, MA (US);

Jesse J. Lee, Allen, TX (US);

Monty D. McDougal, St. Paul, TX (US);

Randy S. Jennings, Plano, TX (US);

William E. Sterns, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Cyber Products, LLC, Herndon, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/562 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, using one or more processors, a plurality of characteristics of a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The method also includes determining, using the one or more processors, for each of the plurality of characteristics, a score corresponding to the characteristic. In addition, the method includes comparing, using the one or more processors, the determined scores to a first threshold. Based at least on the comparison of the determined scores to the first threshold, the method includes determining, using the one or more processors, that the PDF file is potential malware.


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