IE8 Exploit Had US Nuke Workers in Its Sights
A zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 let hackers compromise a U.S. Department of Labor website linked to a database used by former Energy Department employees who had worked with nuclear weapons or uranium. That database was also used by Labor Department claims examiners.
Security firm Invincea, which reported the attack, has advanced the possibility that the hackers were compromising one U.S. government department in order to attack another.
Microsoft has released a security advisory which said other versions of Internet Explorer are not affected by the vulnerability, which could let remote attackers take over target computers. "We strongly encourage customers to follow the workarounds listed in the advisory while we continue working on a full update to address this issue," Dustin Childs, a group manager at Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, told TechNewsWorld.
