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IE zero-day used in targeted watering hole attacks

IE zero-day used in targeted watering hole attacks | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

News that an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was being and has been for quite some time been used in a new "watering hole" attack has livened the otherwise uneventful last week of 2012.

 

The exploited website was that of the Council on Foreign Relations, an organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, among whose members are a number of high-profile U.S. government and political figures such as former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former treasury secretary Robert Rubin, and many others.

 

Gust MEES's insight:

The browsers are the gateway for malware!

 

        ===> They MUST get updated <===, check here:

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/cyber-hygiene-ict-hygiene-for-population-education-and-business/

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/get-smart-with-5-minutes-tutorialsit-securitypart-1-browsers/

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Waterhole Attack [Infographic]

The group behind the now infamous Hydraq (Aurora) targeted attacks continues to be very active.

 

 

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