A recent configuration update by Google Cloud triggered a significant outage for Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) customers utilizing stretched clusters. The disruption began on July 14 and lasted nearly twelve hours, primarily impacting inter-zone network connectivity across multiple global regions. While virtual machines remained operational, the underlying network failure prevented synchronization between availability zones and isolated critical workloads.

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A TrendAI investigation revealed that a Russian fraudster used a jailbroken version of Google’s Gemini model to automate the majority of a credential-stealing operation. The attacker bypassed safety protocols by instructing the AI to act as an "authorized pentester," allowing it to handle coding, system command execution, and debugging. By following a simple plain-text migration guide, the AI model successfully provisioned a new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure in just six minutes.

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Google Credential Provider for Windows (GCPW) now supports FIDO2-compliant physical security keys as a second-factor authentication method. This tool allows users to access Windows 10 and 11 devices using their Google Workspace credentials rather than traditional local or Active Directory accounts. The update aims to strengthen organizational security by introducing phishing-resistant hardware authentication directly at the Windows login screen.

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Google has introduced the Gemini 3.5 model family, led by the immediate general availability of Gemini 3.5 Flash. This high-throughput model is engineered for agentic tasks, which involve AI systems that can independently execute multi-step workflows and manage complex coding pipelines. Performance benchmarks indicate the model operates four times faster than competing frontier models in terms of output tokens per second.

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