JC's Cybersecurity News & Notes - August 2020

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Updated: 8/14/2020

FBI and CISA release analysis of Russian malware Drovorub

(https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/13/2002476465/-1/-1/0/CSA_DROVORUB_RUSSIAN_GRU_MALWARE_AUG_2020.PDF)(https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/13/2002476465/-1/-1/0/CSA_DROVORUB_RUSSIAN_GRU_MALWARE_AUG_2020.PDF)(https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/13/2002476465/-1/-1/0/CSA_DROVORUB_RUSSIAN_GRU_MALWARE_AUG_2020.PDF)

Advancing Office 365 Security video from TrustedSec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTySVavjmwY

Garmin coughs up $10 million after falling victim to ransomware attack

(https://threatpost.com/garmin-pays-evil-corp-ransomware-attack-reports/157971/)

CISA, FBI, DoD release iocs for Chinese backdoor RAT named TAIDOOR

(https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/08/03/chinese-malicious-cyber-activity) (https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar20-216a)

KeePassRPC Vulnerablity

(https://forum.kee.pm/t/a-critical-security-update-for-keepassrpc-is-available/3040)

Best practice for SQL statements in Python

(https://www.btelligent.com/en/blog/best-practice-for-sql-statements-in-python/)

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