Cloud Computing

Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics

Written by: Patrick Whitsell Google Threat Intelligence Group’s (GTIG) mission is to protect Google’s billions of users and Google’s multitude of products and services. In late October 2024, GTIG discovered an exploited government website hosting malware being used to target multiple other government entities. The exploited site delivered a malware payload, which we have dubbed […]

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Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieve DoD Impact Level 6 (IL6) authorization

Today, we’re thrilled to announce another significant milestone for our Google Public Sector business: Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieved Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6) authorization. Google Public Sector is now able to provide DoD customers with a secure, compliant, and cutting-edge cloud environment at IL6, enabling them to

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Transforming Maya’s API management with Amazon API Gateway

In this post, you will learn how Amazon Web Services (AWS) customer, Maya, the Philippines’ leading fintech company and digital bank, built an API management platform to address the growing complexities of managing multiple APIs hosted on Amazon API Gateway. API Gateway is a fully managed service that you can use to create RESTful and

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Calling all devs: Build multi-agent systems in the Agent Development Kit Hackathon with Google Cloud

Heard of AI agents lately? We know many of you are itching to start building them! Here’s your chance with the Agent Development Kit Hackathon with Google Cloud.  Everyone’s talking about AI agents, but the real magic happens when they collaborate to tackle complex tasks. Think: complex processes, data analysis, content creation, and customer support.

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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,

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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

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“The future is agents”: Building a platform for RAG agents

Douwe Kiela, CEO and cofounder of Contextual AI, joins Ryan and Ben to explore the intricacies of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). They discuss its origins, the evolution of AI models, the challenges of hallucinations, and the importance of system design. Douwe emphasizes the need for personalization in ranking systems and the role of synthetic data in

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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

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