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AWS – AWS Secrets Manager announces support for cost allocation tags for secrets
AWS Secrets Manager now enables customers to allocate and track cost for their secret usage. Customers can categorize their secret costs by department, team, or application using AWS cost allocation tags. You can leverage this feature by tagging your secrets and enabling them in Cost Allocation Tags. Secrets Manager is a fully managed service that […]
AWS – AWS Backup now supports Amazon Aurora DSQL
AWS Backup now provides fully managed data protection capabilities for Amazon Aurora DSQL, a serverless distributed SQL database for always available applications. As organizations build applications with Aurora DSQL, they can do so with confidence, knowing that their critical data is protected by AWS Backup. Using AWS Backup’s integration with AWS Organizations, you can centrally […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor 5.7.44-RDS.20250508
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL now supports new Amazon RDS Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20250508. We recommend that you upgrade to this version to fix known security vulnerabilities and bugs in prior versions of MySQL. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including minor and major version upgrades, in the Amazon RDS User […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora DSQL is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Aurora DSQL, the fastest serverless, distributed SQL database with active-active high availability and multi-Region strong consistency. Aurora DSQL enables you build always available applications with virtually unlimited scalability, the highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. It is designed to make scaling and resilience effortless for your applications and […]
AWS – AWS Backup search now supports creating backup indexes within backup policies
Today, AWS Backup announces support for the creation of backup indexes in backup policies, allowing you to automatically create backup indexes of your Amazon S3 backups or Amazon EBS snapshots at the AWS Organization level. The creation of a backup index is the prerequisite for searching your backups. Once the backup index is created, you […]
GCP – Calling all devs: Build multi-agent systems in the Agent Development Kit Hackathon with Google Cloud
Heard of AI agents lately? We know many of you are itching to start building them! Here’s your chance with the Agent Development Kit Hackathon with Google Cloud. Everyone’s talking about AI agents, but the real magic happens when they collaborate to tackle complex tasks. Think: complex processes, data analysis, content creation, and customer support. […]
GCP – Vertex AI Studio, redesigned: Your source for generative AI media models across all modalities
Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform makes it easy to experiment with and customize over 200 advanced foundation models – like the latest Google Gemini models, and third-party partner models such as Meta’s Llama and Anthropic’s Claude. And now, thanks to a major refresh focused on developer feedback, it’s even more efficient and intuitive. The redesigned, […]
GCP – Mandiant M-Trends 2025: 3 key insights for public sector agencies
The cyber defense and threat landscape demands continuous adaptation, as threat actors continue to refine their tactics to breach defenses. While some adversaries are using increasingly sophisticated approaches with custom malware, zero-day exploits, and advanced evasion techniques, it’s crucial to remember that not all successful attacks are complex or sophisticated. Many successful attacks exploit basic […]
GCP – Text-to-Malware: How Cybercriminals Weaponize Fake AI-Themed Websites
Written by: Diana Ion, Rommel Joven, Yash Gupta Since November 2024, Mandiant Threat Defense has been investigating an UNC6032 campaign that weaponizes the interest around AI tools, in particular those tools which can be used to generate videos based on user prompts. UNC6032 utilizes fake “AI video generator” websites to distribute malware leading to the […]
GCP – Mistral AI’s Le Chat Enterprise and Mistral OCR 25.05 model are available on Google Cloud
At Google Cloud, we’re committed to providing the most open and flexible AI ecosystem for you to build solutions best suited to your needs. Today, we’re excited to announce our expanded AI offerings with Mistral AI on Google Cloud: Le Chat Enterprise on Google Cloud Marketplace: An AI assistant that offers enterprise search, agent builders, […]