Internet Explorer zero-day Exploit targets US Military Intelligence

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Hackers are actively exploiting a newly discovered zero-day flaw within the browser Internet Explorer 10, and have used it in a watering hole attack on the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars' website.

Discovered by security researchers from FireEye and dubbed "Operation Snowman," the campaign -- believed to be operating out of China -- is similar to Operation DeputyDog and Operation Ephemeral Hydra, both of which used zero-day flaws to deliver remote access trojans in order to hit strategically important targets.

According to the researchers, the zero-day exploit in Operation Snowman (CVE-2014-0322) is a "classic drive-by download attack," a phrase relating to browser-based attacks that hoodwink website visitors in to visiting malware-infected sites. The security firm says the attackers added an iframe to the VFW website's HTML code which then loaded the infected page in the background..
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Source: http://www.zdnet.com/new-internet-explorer-10-zero-day-exploit-targets-u-s-military-7000026354/

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