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GCP – GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Advances in Threat Actor Usage of AI Tools
Executive Summary Based on recent analysis of the broader threat landscape, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a shift that occurred within the last year: adversaries are no longer leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) just for productivity gains, they are deploying novel AI-enabled malware in active operations. This marks a new operational phase of AI […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Recent advances in how threat actors use AI tools
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for November 2025. Today, Sandra Joyce, vice-president, Google Threat Intelligence, updates us on the state of the adversarial misuse of AI. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this on the website and you’d […]
GCP – Building Collaborative AI: A Developer’s Guide to Multi-Agent Systems with ADK
If you’ve ever wondered how multiple AI agents can actually work together to solve problems too complex for a single agent, you’re in the right place. This guide, based on our two-part video series, will walk you through the foundational concepts of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) and show you how Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) makes […]
AWS – Amazon Cloudfront adds IPv6 support for Anycast Static IPs
Amazon CloudFront now supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for Anycast Static IP configurations. Previously, this feature was limited to IPv4 addresses only. This update now provides customers with ability to have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses when using CloudFront Anycast Static IP addresses. Previously, customers could only use IPv4 addresses when using CloudFront Anycast […]
AWS – Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition now available through AWS Launch Wizard
AWS Launch Wizard now offers a guided approach to sizing, configuring, and deploying Windows Server EC2 instances with Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition installed from your own media. AWS Launch Wizard for SQL Server Developer Edition allows you to simplify launching cost-effective and full-featured SQL Server instances on Amazon EC2, making it ideal for developers […]
AWS – AWS Glue Schema Registry adds support for C#
AWS Glue Schema Registry (GSR) has now expanded the programming language support for GSR Client library to include C# support along with existing Java support. C# applications integrating with Apache Kafka or Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, and Apache Flink or Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink can now interact with AWS Glue Schema Registry to maintain data quality and schema compatibility in streaming data applications. […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports FIPS compliant endpoints
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless has added support for Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliant endpoints for Data Plane APIs in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), Canada (Central), AWS GovCloud (US-East), and AWS GovCloud (US-West). The service now meets the security requirements for cryptographic modules as outlined in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3. Please […]
AWS – AWS Cloud WAN is now available in three more AWS Regions
Starting today, AWS Cloud WAN is available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand), AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) and AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Regions. With AWS Cloud WAN, you can use a central dashboard and network policies to create a global network that spans multiple locations and networks, removing the need to configure and manage […]
AWS – EC2 Auto Scaling announces warm pool support for Auto Scaling groups that have mixed instances policies
Starting today, you can add warm pools to Auto Scaling groups (ASGs) that have mixed instances policies. With warm pools, customers can improve the elasticity of their applications by creating a pool of pre-initialized EC2 instances that are ready to quickly serve application traffic. By combining warm pools with instance type flexibility, an ASG can […]
GCP – Upgrading Kubernetes versions just got safer with minor version rollback
Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster has always been a one-way street: you move forward, and if the control plane has an issue, your only option is to roll forward with a fix. This adds significant risk to routine maintenance, a problem made worse as organizations upgrade more frequently for new AI features while demanding maximum reliability. […]