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Update: Hack Investigation At Dept. of Labor Turns Up Internet Explorer 8 Zero Day Hole

ID: 945e4ab3-647e-5eee-a978-9ada3c63d860

STIX ID: report--945e4ab3-647e-5eee-a978-9ada3c63d860

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2013-05-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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**Executive Summary:** A watering-hole compromise of the U.S. Department of Labor website used a previously unknown IE8 use-after-free zero-day to deliver malware—researchers link the campaign to the China-based APT "DeepPanda" and note targeted pages related to nuclear/energy personnel; Microsoft issued an advisory and recommended mitigations including applying updates and EMET.

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