AWS Latest Updates

• Amazon EC2 simplifies visibility into your active AMIs May 1, 2024
  Starting today, you can check when your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) were last used to launch EC2 instances by simply describing your AMIs, enabling you to efficiently filter and track your active AMIs.
• Amazon EC2 now protects your AMIs from accidental deregistration May 1, 2024
  Starting today, you can prevent Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) from accidental deregistration by marking them as protected. A protected AMI cannot be deregistered until you explicitly disable deregistration protection.
• Amazon Pinpoint now supports multimedia messaging service (MMS) May 1, 2024
  Today, Amazon Pinpoint announces support for outbound multimedia messaging service (MMS) within the United States and Canada. The addition of MMS allows Amazon Pinpoint users to enhance their customer communication experiences with the ability to combine traditional text-only messaging with rich media content such as images, audio, and video files. 
• Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall now supports Domain Redirection May 1, 2024
  Starting today, you can enable Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall to automatically skip the inspection of domains included in a domain redirection chain, such as Canonical Name (CNAME) and Delegation Name (DNAME), thus avoiding the need to explicitly specify each domain from the chain in your Route 53 DNS Firewall rules when allow-listing domains.
• New feature for Amazon Connect Contact Lens agent screen recording May 1, 2024
  You can now enable agent screen recording when your VDI environment is configured to allow multiple agents to connect concurrently to the same Windows instance (multi-session VDI). This makes it even easier and more cost effective for you to help agents improve their performance when using Amazon Connect in a multi-session VDI environment.

Azure Latest Updates

GCP Latest Updates

• Auto-upgrades for Config Sync in GKE Enterprise now in preview May 1, 2024
  Config Sync, Google Cloud’s fully managed GitOps offering for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Enterprise edition, lets cluster operators and platform administrators deploy configurations and applications from a source of truth. And today, we’re announcing a new auto-upgrades feature in preview, letting you automatically upgrade Config Sync versions and oversee the lifecycle of Config Sync components.  […]
• Managing Cloud Storage soft delete at scale May 1, 2024
  Have you ever accidentally deleted your data? Unfortunately, many of us have, which is why most operating systems on personal computers have a recycle bin / trash can where you can go to get your files back. On the enterprise side, these accidental deletions can be at a much larger scale – sometimes involving millions […]
• Enhancing iEEG seizure identification and similarity search with Google Cloud May 1, 2024
  Globally, epilepsy affects approximately 50 million people. Located in Mountain View, CA, NeuroPace, Inc.1 is committed to transforming the lives of those living with epilepsy by reducing or eliminating their seizures. The company's RNS® System,2 a responsive neurostimulation device, monitors brain activity to detect seizure precursors and delivers targeted electrical stimulation to prevent seizures. This […]
• Uncharmed: Untangling Iran's APT42 Operations May 1, 2024
  Written by: Ofir Rozmann, Asli Koksal, Adrian Hernandez, Sarah Bock, Jonathan Leathery   APT42, an Iranian state-sponsored cyber espionage actor, is using enhanced social engineering schemes to gain access to victim networks, including cloud environments. The actor is targeting Western and Middle Eastern NGOs, media organizations, academia, legal services and activists. Mandiant assesses APT42 operates […]
• ChromeOS makes security simple for Block May 1, 2024
  Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Matthew Solly, Head of Corporate Security, and James Nettesheim Chief Information Security Officer at Block, the financial services and digital payments company. Block, made up of Square, Cash App, TIDAL, and TBD, chose ChromeOS devices for their outsourced customer support team. When you work for a company that serves […]