AutoCAD malware

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There's no better way for thieves to steal design secrets than straight from the engineers and designers who create them. CAD software programs are ripe for exploit.

With all the recent industrial espionage, it was only a matter of time before malware developers would take a look at Computer-Aided Design (CAD) programs as a way to exfiltrate proprietary documents and drawings from engineering firms. I can’t think of a better way to steal design secrets than right from the engineer or designer working on them.

CAD has been around since the early 1980s, so there are many packages to choose from. Which software did the digital bad guys go after? The most popular of course—AutoCAD.
I have several clients in the manufacturing sector, and they all use AutoCAD. Working with these clients, I learned a few things about AutoCAD. For one, it is expensive. So when a company has AutoCAD in place, they tend to stay with the version they bought.

What this does is pave the way for malware coders; they have a sizable population of computers running noncurrent, and more than likely, vulnerable versions of AutoCAD.
The malware coders have something else in their favor; engineering can involve multiple departments and outside consultants—a perfect way for malware to propagate if certain precautions are not in place. And, I’m finding that precautions are not in place. That’s because most IT pros consider CAD-based malware a non-issue.



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