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title: Cyber Security Monthly News - December Summary 2018
description: As the year 2018 came to a close, we saw a few updates in regards to SQL Server, where Microsoft released Cumulative Updates for both SQL Server 2014 and 2017. Alongside this, there were also a number of Windows Updates released.
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# [Cyber Security Monthly News - December Summary 2018](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-december-summary-2018)

 Written by [Justin Han](https://blog.coeo.com/author/justin-han) | 04-Jan-2019 12:43:00

As the year 2018 came to a close, we saw a few updates in regards to SQL Server, where Microsoft released Cumulative Updates for both SQL Server 2014 and 2017. Alongside this, there were also a number of Windows Updates released, which can be found below:

## **SQL Server Updates:** 

- [Cumulative update 13 (CU13) for SQL Server 2017](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4466404) 
- [Cumulative update package 15 (CU15) for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4469137)
- [Cumulative update package 1 (CU1) for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4470220)  

## **Windows Updates:**

There have been a number of Windows security related updates, all details can be found [here](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance).

## **Cyber Security in the news**:

- [EU agrees new cyber security policy after Wannacry 'wake up call](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/12/11/eu-agrees-new-cyber-security-policy-wannacry-wake-call/)'
- [European Union diplomatic communications 'targeted by hackers'](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46615580?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cz4pr2gd85qt/cyber-security&link_location=live-reporting-story)
- [Cyber attack disrupts printing of major US newspapers](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/30/cyber-attack-disrupts-printing-of-major-us-newspapers)

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