For years, mathematical content on the web has been made accessible through MathML. In contrast, math in PDF files was typically reduced to unstructured alternative text—insufficient for braille math ...

Attackers using the Snake keylogger malware for Windows are emailing malicious PDFs with embedded Word documents to infect victims' PCs and steal information. Malicious PDFs are an unusual tool to use ...

When it comes to packaging malware, the file format of choice remains Microsoft Word or Excel, but a recent attack using a PDF file to lure in victims caught the attention of researchers. "Embedding ...

Execution, integrity, and provenance determine PDF safety.

A security researcher has managed to create a proof-of-concept PDF file that executes an embedded executable without exploiting any security vulnerabilities. The PDF hack, when combined with clever ...

In a PDF document, there are essentially two ways to display text. One way is to embed the text, including its font information, in the document file. The other way is to display the text as an image, ...