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GCP – Ivanti Connect Secure VPN Targeted in New Zero-Day Exploitation
Written by: John Wolfram, Josh Murchie, Matt Lin, Daniel Ainsworth, Robert Wallace, Dimiter Andonov, Dhanesh Kizhakkinan, Jacob Thompson Note: This is a developing campaign under active analysis by Mandiant and Ivanti. We will continue to add more indicators, detections, and information to this blog post as needed. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, Ivanti disclosed two […]

AWS – Announcing 20 additional AWS Systems Manager Automation runbook recommendations in AWS Chatbot
AWS announces general availability of 20 additional AWS Systems Manager Automation runbook recommendations as contextual action buttons on event notifications in AWS Chatbot. This launch enables customers to run AWS Systems Manager automations from Microsoft Teams and Slack channels to address AWS Security Hub and Amazon ECS-related events. With this launch, customers can run AWS […]

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports configurable point-in-time-recovery periods
Amazon DynamoDB now supports a configurable period for point-in-time-recovery (PITR). You can specify the duration for data recoverability using PITR on a per-table basis, ranging from 1 to 35 days. Point-in-time recovery (PITR) protects your DynamoDB data from accidental writes and deletes, allowing you to restore your data to any second within your recovery period. […]

GCP – Google Cloud expands its support for founders through partnerships with 300 accelerators worldwide
At Google Cloud, we focus on building the most competitive and powerful network of support for startups. One of the ways we show our support is by partnering with investors, accelerators, and incubators to deliver the resources and benefits that help startups succeed. For example, we are proud to partner with marquee institutions who invest […]

GCP – Supervised Fine Tuning for Gemini: A best practices guide
Foundation models such as Gemini have revolutionized how we work, but sometimes they need guidance to excel at specific business tasks. Perhaps their answers are too long, or their summaries miss the mark. That’s where supervised fine-tuning (SFT) comes in. When done right, it unlocks incredible precision to tailor Gemini for specialized tasks, domains, and […]

GCP – Enhance viewer engagement with gen AI-powered scene detection for ads
Online video consumption has skyrocketed. A staggering 1.8 billion people globally subscribed to streaming services in 20231, and 92% of internet users worldwide watched online videos every month in 20242. This growth creates a significant opportunity for advertisers who want to reach their customers with great creative, but ineffective ad placement can disrupt their customers’ […]

GCP – Toward faster incident resolution at Palo Alto Networks with Personalized Service Health
Cloud incidents happen. And when they do, it’s incumbent on the cloud service provider to communicate about the incident to impacted customers quickly and effectively — and for the cloud service consumer to use that information effectively, as part of a larger incident management response. Google Cloud Personalized Service Health provides businesses with fast, transparent, […]

GCP – The PyTorch developer’s guide to JAX fundamentals
Like many PyTorch users, you may have heard great things about JAX — its high performance, the elegance of its functional programming approach, and its powerful, built-in support for parallel computation. However, you may have also struggled to find what you need to get started: a straightforward, easy-to-follow tutorial to help you understand the basics […]

GCP – Introducing Google Cloud Abuse Event Logging to enable automated incident remediation
At Google Cloud, we are deeply committed to partnering with our customers to help achieve stronger security outcomes. As a part of this commitment, we’re excited to announce that Google Cloud customers can now track Cloud Abuse Events using Cloud Logging. These events can include leaked service account keys, crypto mining incidents, and malware. When […]
AWS – AWS WAF Console adds new Top Insights Visualizations
AWS WAF’s console dashboard now includes richer visualizations that give you insights into the top sources of traffic. With this feature, customers with CloudWatch logging destinations can view a new top insights section within the all traffic dashboard. Customers previously used the all traffic dashboard, a default dashboard that populates visualizations based on CloudWatch metrics. […]