In today’s cloud environments, security teams need more than just surface-level visibility; they require actionable insight to ensure that their cloud workloads are safe. Unlike third-party cloud security tools that rely on data available via public APIs, Security Command Center (SCC) is built directly into Google Cloud. This gives us unmatched visibility into the safety […]

Last month at Google Cloud Next ‘25, we announced MCP Toolbox for Databases to make it easier to connect generative AI agents to databases, and automate core enterprise workflows. MCP Toolbox for Databases (Toolbox) is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows developers to easily connect gen AI agents to enterprise data. It […]

For years, BigQuery has been synonymous with fully managed, fast, petabyte-scale analytics. Its columnar architecture and decoupled storage and compute have made it the go-to data warehouse for deriving insights from massive datasets.  But what about the moments between the big analyses? What if you need to: Modify a handful of customer records across huge […]

The latest version of the Bigtable Spark connector opens up a world of possibilities for Bigtable and Apache Spark applications, not least of which is additional support for Bigtable and Apache Iceberg, the open table format for large analytical datasets. In this blog post, we explore how to use the Bigtable Spark connector to interact […]

Written by: Nick Guttilla Introduction Organizations are increasingly relying on diverse digital communication channels for essential business operations. The way employees interact with colleagues, access corporate resources, and especially, receive information technology (IT) support is often conducted through calls, chat platforms, and other remote technologies. While these various available methods enhance both efficiency and global […]

Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking UNC6040, a financially motivated threat cluster that specializes in voice phishing (vishing) campaigns specifically designed to compromise organization’s Salesforce instances for large-scale data theft and subsequent extortion. Over the past several months, UNC6040 has demonstrated repeated success in breaching networks by having its operators impersonate IT support […]