The recent breach into Microsoft’s network and its top executives’ email by hackers, traced back to Russia-state group Midnight Blizzard, was facilitated through an outdated test account with administrative privileges. The hackers employed a technique called “password spraying” to exploit a weak credential and infiltrate the unprotected account. They compounded this access by creating a malicious app, granting it rights to every email on Microsoft’s Office 365 service.

Edimax Camera RCE Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Mirai Malware
The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has issued an alert about a command injection vulnerability in Edimax’s Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The