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title: Cyber Security Monthly News – May 2019
description: This month, both Google and Arm have continued to scrutinise Huawei amid security concerns, and reports from MalwareBytes have shown that the WannaCry virus still presents a very real threat.
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# Cyber Security Monthly News – May 2019

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This month, both Google and Arm have continued to scrutinise Huawei amid security concerns, and reports from MalwareBytes have shown that the WannaCry virus still presents a very real threat. Also, Critical Windows and SQL Server updates, and CTP 3.0 for SQL Server 2019 were released.

**SQL Server Updates:**

- [Cumulative Update 15 for SQL Sever 2016](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql/database-engine/install-windows/installation-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017)
- [SQL Server 2019 Community Technology Preview 3.0 (CTP 3.0)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-ver15-release-notes?view=sqlallproducts-allversions)

## **Windows Updates:**

Please find the list of Windows updates released in May 2019 [here](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/e5989c8b-7046-e911-a98e-000d3a33a34d).

## **In the News:**

- Arm has suspended business with Huawei and Google cuts off future updates from all Huawei devices amidst security concerns, summarised [here](https://www.cnet.com/news/huawei-ban-full-timeline-on-how-and-why-its-phones-were-banned-security/).
- [Reports from MalwareBytes](https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/wannacry-remains-global-threat-1-1-1) has shown that WannaCry still presents a very real threat.
- [Amazon fraud let thieves steal cash from Amazon sellers for 6 months during 2018](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48215073?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cz4pr2gd85qt/cyber-security&link_location=live-reporting-story).
- [Contact details of around 50 million Instagram users were found to be kept in an 'unguarded' database](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48347592?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cz4pr2gd85qt/cyber-security&link_location=live-reporting-story).

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