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Chinese hackers target military personnel by planting malware on VFW.org

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Russell Brandom, Feb 13, 2014.

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    A new report by malware research firm FireEye has uncovered an attack against the website of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, believed to be carried out by a group based in China. Using a tactic known as a watering-hole attack, the group used a previously unpublished exploit in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 to seed malware onto computers visiting VFW.org through an open iFrame window in the background. "Based on the targeting preferences, we suspect the attacker was looking for intelligence located on US military personnels' systems," said FireEye's Darien Kindlund. If the visitor had any sensitive information elsewhere on their computer, that data would be exposed to the attackers.

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