Cyber Security Monthly News – May 2019

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
• SQL Server 2019 Community Technology Preview 3.0 (CTP 3.0)

Windows Updates:

Please find the list of Windows updates released in May 2019 here.

In the News:

• Arm has suspended business with Huawei and Google cuts off future updates from all Huawei devices amidst security concerns, summarised here.
• Reports from MalwareBytes has shown that WannaCry still presents a very real threat.
• Amazon fraud let thieves steal cash from Amazon sellers for 6 months during 2018.
• Contact details of around 50 million Instagram users were found to be kept in an 'unguarded' database.