Software, security, and cloud news — summarized in plain language, with sources.
The AI cloud provider reported August 11 that quarterly revenue rose 112% to $2.58 billion with a $104 billion backlog — a clear signal of how much computing capacity the AI boom is consuming.
A pair of Google Workspace updates announced August 11 makes moving spreadsheets from Excel into Sheets far less painful, preserving tables and keeping pivot tables connected to their data.
A CloudSEK report published August 11 maps the fallout of a March compromise of the LiteLLM developer library, showing how a 40-minute attack rippled into one of the year's largest software supply-chain exposures.
Researchers disclosed on August 11 that a flaw in Zoom's screen-annotation feature could let one meeting participant run code on other attendees' devices with no clicks required — updates are available now.
Microsoft's August 11 security release addresses hundreds of vulnerabilities across Windows and business software, led by a Windows privilege-escalation flaw already being exploited in the wild.
AWS's August 10 announcements roundup brought web-grounded AI models on Bedrock, a Lambda network bandwidth increase to 3,000 Mbps, and built-in vector search for DynamoDB.
OpenAI announced a cybersecurity-focused AI model on August 10, available only through its vetted Daybreak defender program, signaling how quickly AI is becoming standard equipment on both sides of security.
Imperva reported on August 10 that attackers are scanning more than 11,000 websites for a WordPress core flaw that starts at the login page and can end in full server takeover.
N-able shipped a second emergency hotfix for its N-central remote management platform on August 10, after attackers linked to the Storm-1175 ransomware group found a way around the first patch.
As Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSides Las Vegas closed out the week, researchers challenged a famous small-business breach statistic and dissected an AI's real-world hack.
Two research teams showed Atlassian's Rovo assistant could be manipulated with hidden instructions into sending company data to attacker-controlled servers.
PortSwigger research shows crafted CSS in ordinary emails can fake sign-in prompts, hijack clicks, and even manipulate AI email assistants across major webmail providers.
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