Microsoft on Friday confirmed a previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that is believed to have been used to target people from the nuclear energy industry.
Microsoft has confirmed its popular IE 8 browser is vulnerable to attacks that can be launched from a compromised website. Successful exploitation can give the attacker complete control over a machine, depending on the victim’s user rights on the device.
One of at least nine hacked legitimate sites hosting the IE 8 zero day exploit was the Department of Labor’s “Site Exposure Matrices” website, according to security firm AlienVault, one of the first to report the attacks.
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