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title: Cyber Security Monthly News - November 2019
description: In November's news - a company discovered it had been the victim of several hacking events after it was alerted to a storage drive being filled by an archive file left by the hacker. Additionally, the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server 2019.
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# Cyber Security Monthly News - November 2019

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In November's news - AI is being used by both those creating and protecting against spam mail and a company discovered it had been the victim of several hacking events over a two year period after it was alerted to a storage drive being filled by an archive file left by the hacker.

Additionally, the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server 2019 was announced this month. 

## SQL Server Updates: 

- 2019: [4517790 Servicing Update (GDR1) for SQL Server 2019 RTM](https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4517790/servicing-update-for-sql-server-2019-rtm)<https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4517790/servicing-update-for-sql-server-2019-rtm>

## Windows Updates:  

Please find the latest Windows Security updates for November 2019 [here](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/164aa83e-499c-e911-a994-000d3a33c573).

## In the News: 

- [Hacker's two year breach of Tech company only discovered when a data archive file fills the storage drive](https://thehackernews.com/2019/11/hacking-file-storage.html)
- [AI growing in both the offence and defence of spam mail](https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/34784/the-future-of-spam-is-scary)
- [French hotel booking platform exposed for leaking credit card information in 1TB leak of data](https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/11/23/hotel-giant-leaks-1tb-of-data-including-customer-credit-cards/?ss=cybersecurity#170c75b57f36 )

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