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Malware Targeting Autocad Files Could Be Sign Of Industrial Espionage

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 05:38 AM

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  Posted 24 June 2012 - 01:13 PM

Quote: "Infections are occurring through compromised AutoCAD files"

If that's the case, then AutoCAD needs a security fix update. This article is a bit vague about whether the malware is standalone or reliant upon AutoCAD.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:23 AM

View Postoldschoolh4ck3r, on 24 June 2012 - 01:13 PM, said:

Quote: "Infections are occurring through compromised AutoCAD files"

If that's the case, then AutoCAD needs a security fix update. This article is a bit vague about whether the malware is standalone or reliant upon AutoCAD.



If it is written in LISP (a programming language that runs inside of autocad to execute tasks and macros) then it would not be standalone.
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  Posted 30 June 2012 - 11:56 AM

A Chinese ISP shutting down a
malware espionage server only
if the P.R.C. minders concur
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