Threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the popular 3D computer graphics Autodesk software in order to launch a recent cyber-espionage attack against an architectural and video production company. The targeted company, which researchers did not name, is known to have been collaborating in billion-dollar real estate projects in New York, London, Australia and Oman. The hallmark of the attack is its use of a malicious plugin for the software, which can corrupt the settings of 3ds Max software to run malicious code, and ultimately propagate to other files.
Source: https://threatpost.com/hackers-exploit-autodesk-flaw-in-recent-cyberespionage-attack/158669/