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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, […]
AWS – AWS Deadline Cloud Monitor now supports multiple languages
AWS Deadline Cloud Monitor now supports multiple languages, allowing you to view critical job information using an expanded selection of languages. Supported languages include Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Turkish. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock models get FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 approval in AWS GovCloud (US)
Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet v1 and Claude 3 Haiku, and Meta’s Llama 3 8B and 70B models are now FedRAMP High and Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (DoD CC SRG) Impact Level (IL) 4 and 5 approved within Amazon Bedrock in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Additionally, Amazon Bedrock features including Agents, […]
AWS – CloudWatch Database Insights adds support for Aurora Limitless PostgreSQL
CloudWatch Database Insights announces support for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless databases. Database Insights is a database observability solution that provides a curated experience designed for DevOps engineers, application developers, and database administrators (DBAs) to expedite database troubleshooting and gain a holistic view into their database fleet health. Database Insights consolidates logs and metrics from your […]
AWS – Amazon Route 53 Profiles now available in three additional AWS Regions
Starting today, Route 53 Profiles is available in Asia Pacific (Thailand), Mexico (Central), and Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Regions. Route 53 Profiles allows you to define a standard DNS configuration (Profile), that may include Route 53 private hosted zone (PHZ) associations, Route 53 Resolver rules, and Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall rule groups, and apply this […]
AWS – Amazon ECS increases container exit reason message to 1024 characters
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) has extended the length of the container exit reason message from 255 to 1024 characters. The enhancement helps you debug more effectively by providing more complete error messages when containers fail. Amazon ECS customers use container exit reason messages to troubleshoot their running or stopped tasks. Error messages can […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus launches query insights and control capabilities
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring service, now provides the capability to identify expensive PromQL queries, and limit their execution. This enables customers to monitor and control the types of queries being issued against their Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus workspaces. Customers have highlighted the need for tighter governance controls for […]