A new publication by Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center points out an increasingly popular avenue used for cyber attacks: the Internet of Things (IoT). The publication states that researchers discovered a new attack that exploited vulnerabilities in simple IoT devices like a printer and a VOIP phone to access an enterprise network.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-security-researchers-discover-new-cyber-attack-through-Internet-of-Things-connected-devices.428801.0.html