Another high profile watering hole attack has been discovered, this one targeting visitors to the Council on Foreign Relations website. The CFR is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that provides foreign policy and foreign affairs resources to government officials, journalists, and business and education leaders. The site visitors are the ultimate targets; attackers are generally state-sponsored and hope to spy on their victims activities and siphon off business or military intelligence. Watering hole attacks were used in the 2009 Aurora attacks on Google, Adobe and numerous other large technology and manufacturing companies.
Source: https://threatpost.com/council-foreign-relations-website-hit-watering-hole-attack-ie-zero-day-exploit-122912/77352/