Cyber Security Monthly News - December Summary 2018

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 
• Cumulative update package 15 (CU15) for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2
• Cumulative update package 1 (CU1) for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3  

Windows Updates:

There have been a number of Windows security related updates, all details can be found here.

Cyber Security in the news:

• EU agrees new cyber security policy after Wannacry 'wake up call'
• European Union diplomatic communications 'targeted by hackers'
• Cyber attack disrupts printing of major US newspapers