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title: Cyber Security Monthly News - July 2019
description: In July's Cyber Security News - the Information Commissioner’s Office cracked down on GDPR breaches, giving Marriott a fine of nearly £100 million. Also, critical Windows and SQL Server updates.
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# [Cyber Security Monthly News - July 2019](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-july-2019)

 Written by [James McCarthy](https://blog.coeo.com/author/james-mccarthy) | 13-Aug-2019 11:35:00

In July's news - the Information Commissioner’s Office cracked down on GDPR breaches, giving Marriott a fine of nearly £100 million. Also, critical Windows and SQL Server updates.

## **SQL Server Updates:**

In July we have seen CTP 3.2 released for SQL Server 2019, along with cumulative updates for SQL Server 2016 SP2 and 2014 SP3.

- [SQL Server 2019 Community Technology Preview 3.2 (CTP 3.2)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-ver15-release-notes?view=sqlallproducts-allversions)
- [Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2016 SP2](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4505830/cumulative-update-8-for-sql-server-2016-sp2)
- [Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2014 SP3](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4500181/cumulative-update-4-for-sql-server-2014-sp3)

## **Windows Updates:**

You can find the list of Windows Security updates for July 2019 [here.](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/48293f19-d662-e911-a98e-000d3a33c573)

## **In the News:**

- [Marriott to be fined nearly £100m over GDPR breach](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/09/marriott-fined-over-gdpr-breach-ico)
- A former cloud service employee from Capital One has stolen data from 100 million customers of the bank. [See more here.](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-29/capital-one-data-systems-breached-by-seattle-woman-u-s-says?srnd=cybersecurity)
- Microsoft have spotted a spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks. [Find out more details here.](https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/astaroth-fileless-malware.html)

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