AutoCAD Worm Medre.A Stealing Designs, Blueprints

Trailrunner7 writes, quoting Threat Post: "Security researchers have come across a worm that is meant specifically to steal blueprints, design documents and other files created with the AutoCAD software. The worm, known as ACAD/Medre.A, is spreading through infected AutoCAD templates and is sending tens of thousands of stolen documents to email addresses in China. However, experts say that the worm's infection rates are dropping at this point and it doesn't seem to be part of a targeted attack campaign. ... [They] discovered that not only was the worm highly customized and well-constructed, it seemed to be targeting mostly machines in Peru for some reason. ... They found that ACAD/Medre.A was written in AutoLISP, a specialized version of the LISP scripting language that's used in AutoCAD."

Comments

I vote we call it Bawney Fwank

[Anonymous Coward]

Because it's written in LISP.

can we stop calling it stealing

[Anonymous Coward]

It's just sharing. Information wants to be free! Remember?

Re:can we stop calling it stealing

[NEDHead]

The CADS. Have they no honour? (spelt this way 'cuz it looks better)

Re:can we stop calling it stealing

[betterunixthanunix]

The Chinese are just sampling these designs to decide whether or not to buy.

LISP is so great

[Alan Shutko]

That it's finally expanded into the virus industry!

Easy to track down

[microbee]

Just arrest all LISP programmers and beat them up until they talk. There aren't many anyways.

this would be a good time to send flawed data

[FudRucker]

use the email addresses to send flawed data to china so they end up trying to build impossible things like what is found in Escher's drawings

The Coming Poiuyt Gap.

[bmo]

But then they will be building the impossible while we only build the possible. They will have assumed that we have working Poiuyts and attempt to build them themselves, not knowing that they don't work. The biggest problem in not getting something done is assuming it can't be done. The Chinese will assume it can be done, and do it.

We will then be having generals and captains of industry bemoaning the Poiuyt Gap, which must be closed and we will spend trillions building Poiuyts.

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BMO - What, me worry?

Blueprints?

[BobandMax]

If it can steal blueprints, that is one sophisticated piece of software. It would have to fold them, stuff and seal envelopes, calculate and affix postage and deposit them in the outgoing mail. Wow!