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title: Cyber Security Monthly News – February 2021
description: In February's news, the trend of medical-related cyber security incidents continues as it is found that 80% of Medtech firms have suffered a cyber attack in the last 5 years.
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# Cyber Security Monthly News – February 2021

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In February's news, the trend of medical-related cyber security incidents continues as it is found that [80% of Medtech firms have suffered a cyber attack in the last 5 years.](https://www.itpro.co.uk/network-internet/internet-of-things-iot/358560/report-companies-struggle-with-medical-device)

Also, a researcher was able to breach [over thirty-five major companies' internal systems](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-hacks-over-35-tech-firms-in-novel-supply-chain-attack/) by uploading malware into the open source repositories of dependencies used by their software.

## **Windows Updates:**

February's Windows security updates and vulnerabilities can be found below:

[https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2021-Feb](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2021-Feb) 

## **SQL Server Updates:**

A wave of security patches for SQL server 2012 and newer can be found below:

[https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/bg-p/SQLServer/label-name/SQLReleases](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/bg-p/SQLServer/label-name/SQLReleases)

## **Other news:**

[US water plant suffers cyber attack through the front door](https://rusi.org/commentary/us-water-plant-suffers-cyber-attack-through-front-door)

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