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  • Slashdot: Google Cloud Caused Outage By Ignoring Its Usual Code Quality Protections

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/2141250/google-cloud-caused-outage-by-ignoring-its-usual-code-quality-protections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Cloud Caused Outage By Ignoring Its Usual Code Quality Protections Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a major outage in Google Cloud caused by a flawed update to its Service Control system, highlighting critical issues related to error handling and the lack of…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Google Cloud outage incident report

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/14/google-cloud-outage-incident-report/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Google Cloud outage incident report Feedly Summary: Google Cloud, Google Workspace and Google Security Operations products experienced increased 503 errors in external API requests, impacting customers. […] On May 29, 2025, a new feature was added to Service Control for additional quota policy checks. This code…

  • The Register: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/google_amd_microcode/ Source: The Register Title: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number Feedly Summary: Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at least Googlers have not only figured out how to break AMD’s security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its…

  • Hacker News: AMD: Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability

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    Source URL: https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-4xq7-4mgh-gp6w Source: Hacker News Title: AMD: Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security vulnerability in AMD Zen-based CPUs identified by Google’s Security Team, which allows local administrator-level attacks on the microcode verification process. This is significant for professionals in infrastructure and hardware…

  • Rekt: The Idols NFT – Rekt

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/ Source: Rekt Title: The Idols NFT – Rekt Feedly Summary: Some reflections are better left unseen. The Idols NFT found out the hard way – never trust a mirror. A flaw in their reward system let an attacker drain 97 stETH ($324k) by setting sender and receiver to the same address. AI…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Cloudflare incident on September 17, 2024

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-incident-on-september-17-2024 Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Cloudflare incident on September 17, 2024 Feedly Summary: On September 17, 2024, during planned routine maintenance, Cloudflare stopped announcing 15 IPv4 prefixes, affecting some Business plan websites for approximately one hour. During this time, IPv4 traffic for these customers would not have reached Cloudflare and users attempting…