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AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports purchase order line numbers
AWS Marketplace now supports purchase order line numbers for AWS Marketplace purchases, simplifying cost-allocation and payment processing. This launch makes it easier for customers to process and pay invoices. AWS purchase order support allows customers to provide purchase orders per transaction, which reflect on invoices related to that purchase. Now, customers can associate transaction charges […]
AWS – Amazon Timestream now supports InfluxDB 3
Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now offers support for InfluxDB 3. Now application developers and DevOps teams can run InfluxDB 3 databases as a managed service. InfluxDB 3 uses a new architecture for the InfluxDB database engine, built on Apache Arrow for in-memory data processing, Apache DataFusion for query execution, and columnar Parquet storage format with […]
GCP – Announcing prompt management in the Vertex AI SDK
As generative AI applications grow in sophistication, development workflows become more fragmented. Although AI can be a force multiplier, teams may design prompts in one environment, manage versions in spreadsheets or text files, and then manually integrate them into their code. This leads to inefficiencies, versioning chaos, and collaboration bottlenecks. Vertex AI Studio is designed […]
AWS – Amazon Location Service Introduces New Map Styling Features for Enhanced Customization
Today, AWS announced enhanced map styling features for Amazon Location Service, enabling users to further customize maps with terrain visualization, contour lines, real-time traffic data, and transportation-specific routing information. Developers can create more detailed and informative maps tailored for various use cases, such as outdoor navigation, logistics planning, and traffic management, by leveraging parameters like […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 now supports CPU options optimization for license-included instances
Amazon EC2 now allows customers to modify an instance’s CPU options to optimize the licensing costs of Microsoft Windows license-included workloads. You can now customize the number of vCPUs and/or disable hyperthreading on Windows Server and SQL Server license-included instances to save on vCPU-based licensing costs. This enhancement is particularly valuable for database workloads like […]
GCP – New Group on the Block: UNC5142 Leverages EtherHiding to Distribute Malware
Written by: Mark Magee, Jose Hernandez, Bavi Sadayappan, Jessa Valdez Since late 2023, Mandiant Threat Defense and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have tracked UNC5142, a financially motivated threat actor that abuses the blockchain to facilitate the distribution of information stealers (infostealers). UNC5142 is characterized by its use of compromised WordPress websites and “EtherHiding“, a […]
GCP – DPRK Adopts EtherHiding: Nation-State Malware Hiding on Blockchains
Written by: Blas Kojusner, Robert Wallace, Joseph Dobson Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has observed the North Korea (DPRK) threat actor UNC5342 using ‘EtherHiding’ to deliver malware and facilitate cryptocurrency theft, the first time GTIG has observed a nation-state actor adopting this method. This post is part of a two-part blog series on adversaries using EtherHiding, […]
AWS – Amazon DocumentDB now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Amazon DocumentDB now offers customers the option to use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses on new and existing clusters. Customers moving to IPv6 can simplify their network stack by running their databases on a dual-stack network that supports both IPv4 and IPv6. IPv6 increases the number of available addresses and customers no longer need […]
AWS – AWS Security Hub CSPM now supports CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark v5.0
AWS Security Hub Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) now supports the Center for Internet Security (CIS) AWS Foundations Benchmark v5.0. This industry-standard benchmark provides security configuration best practices for AWS with clear implementation and assessment procedures. The new standard includes 40 controls that perform automated checks against AWS resources to evaluate compliance with the latest […]
GCP – The ultimate prompting guide for Veo 3.1
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. For creators, generative video holds the promise of bringing any story or concept to life. However, the reality has often been a frustrating cycle of “prompt and pray” – typing a prompt and hoping for a usable result, with little to […]