AutoCAD worm steals blueprints in industrial theft

Researchers have uncovered another worm capable of industrial espionage, this time stealing “tens of thousands” of blueprints and product designs from computers in Peru.

Medrea is an information-stealing worm capable of ferreting out AutoCAD drawings on infected machines, and transferring the files by email to accounts based in China, ESET researchers said Thursday. The worm, dubbed ACAD/Medre.A, was discovered in February, but recently increased in activity, Righard Zwienenberg, a senior research fellow at the security firm, said in a blog post.