{"id":28275,"date":"2019-08-06T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-finds-russia-backed-attacks-that-exploit-iot-devices\/"},"modified":"2019-08-06T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T22:20:00","slug":"microsoft-finds-russia-backed-attacks-that-exploit-iot-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-finds-russia-backed-attacks-that-exploit-iot-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft finds Russia-backed attacks that exploit IoT devices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The STRONTIUM hacking group, which has been strongly linked by security researchers to Russia\u2019s GRU military intelligence agency, was responsible for an IoT<\/a>-based attack on unnamed Microsoft customers, according to the company. a blog post from the company\u2019s security response center issued Monday.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said in a blog<\/a> that the attack, which it discovered in April, targeted three specific IoT devices \u2013 a VoIP phone, a video decoder and a printer (the company declined to specify the brands) \u2013 and used them to gain access to unspecified corporate networks. Two of the devices were compromised because nobody had changed the manufacturer\u2019s default password, and the other one hadn\u2019t had the latest security patch applied.<\/p>\n