Security News > 2020 > August > APT Hackers Exploit Autodesk 3ds Max Software for Industrial Espionage

It's one thing for APT groups to conduct cyber espionage to meet their own financial objectives.

"The cybercriminal group infiltrated the company using a tainted and specially crafted plugin for Autodesk 3ds Max," Bitdefender researchers said in a report released today.

In an advisory published earlier this month, Autodesk warned users about a variant of "PhysXPluginMfx" MAXScript exploit that can corrupt 3ds Max's settings, run malicious code, and propagate to other MAX files on a Windows system upon loading the infected files into the software.

It's recommended that 3ds Max users download the latest version of Security Tools for Autodesk 3ds Max 2021-2015SP1 to identify and remove the PhysXPluginMfx MAXScript malware.

"Industrial espionage is nothing new and, since the real-estate industry is highly competitive, with contracts valued at billions of dollars, the stakes are high for winning contracts for luxury projects and could justify turning to mercenary APT groups for gaining a negotiation advantage."

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