Security researchers revealed that series of ” Watering Hole ” has been conducted exploiting a IE8 zero-day vulnerability to target U.S. Government experts working on nuclear weapons research. Microsoft confirmed on Friday that the IE8 vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8 for all versions of Windows XP and above are affected, including Windows Server 2003, 2008 and R2. Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday announcing its investigation on the event and confirming it as a ” “”, Microsoft noted that IE6 users on Windows XP, IE7, IE9, and IE10 users on Surface tablets, are not affected by the security flaw.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/internet-explorer-zero-day-exploit.html