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AWS launches compute-optimized EC2 C8i and C8i-flex

🚀 AWS announced general availability of C8i and C8i-flex compute-optimized EC2 instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS. The new families deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances, and up to 20% higher CPU performance compared with C7i. AWS cites up to 60% faster performance for NGINX, ~40% for deep-learning recommendation models, and ~35% for Memcached. C8i-flex covers common sizes (large–16xlarge) for cost-efficient use; C8i provides 13 sizes including two bare-metal options and a new 96xlarge. Instances are initially available in N. Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, and Spain and can be purchased via Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot.

Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex Instances Generally Available

🚀 AWS has announced the general availability of new Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex compute-optimized instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS. AWS cites up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances, and up to 20% higher performance compared with C7i families, with specific gains as high as 60% for NGINX, 40% for deep learning recommendation models, and 35% for Memcached. C8i-flex targets common sizes from large to 16xlarge for workloads that don’t fully use all vCPUs, while C8i offers 13 sizes including two bare-metal options and a new 96xlarge for the largest scale. These instances are available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Spain) and can be purchased via Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot.

Amazon EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint Adds IPv6 Support

🌐 Amazon EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint now supports IPv6 connectivity. Customers can configure endpoints as dual-stack or IPv6-only to connect to instances with IPv6 addresses and continue using SSH and RDP without public IPv4 addresses. The capability is available in all AWS Commercial Regions, AWS GovCloud (US), and China Regions and works via the AWS Console, AWS CLI, and standard SSH/RDP clients. It maintains backward compatibility with existing IPv4 deployments.

AWS Outposts Adds Dell and HPE External Block Volumes

🔒 Customers can now attach boot and data volumes backed by Dell PowerStore and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 arrays to Amazon EC2 instances on AWS Outposts, with support for authenticated and encrypted volumes. This extends external block volume support alongside NetApp and Pure Storage, enabling use of on‑premises enterprise arrays for OS boot volumes and high‑performance data volumes. AWS provides automation scripts via AWS Samples and access through the Console or CLI; third‑party integration is available on Outposts 2U servers and racks at no additional charge.

Amazon EVS Now Available in Singapore and London Regions

🚀Today AWS announced that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is available in all availability zones in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions. Amazon EVS runs VMware Cloud Foundation directly within your Amazon VPC on EC2 bare-metal instances powered by AWS Nitro. You can deploy a complete VCF environment in hours using the guided configuration workflow or the AWS CLI with automated deployment, enabling faster migrations, lower latency for end users, and improved compliance and resiliency.

AWS ParallelCluster 3.14 Adds P6e-GB200 and P6-B200

🚀 AWS has released ParallelCluster 3.14, adding support for the new P6e-GB200 and P6-B200 instance types and introducing prioritized allocation strategies to improve instance placement. The update also adds NICE DCV support for Amazon Linux 2023 and brings kernel 6.12. Administrators gain chef-client log visibility in the instance system console. The release enhances ParallelCluster’s ability to provision and manage HPC clusters on AWS.

Amazon ECS Managed Instances: Fully Managed EC2 Compute

⚙️ AWS today introduced Amazon ECS Managed Instances, a fully managed compute option that provisions, configures, and operates Amazon EC2 instances on behalf of customers to reduce infrastructure overhead. You specify task requirements (vCPUs, memory, CPU architecture) or desired instance types and ECS automatically selects and manages optimal instances. The service dynamically scales capacity, optimizes task placement, and applies security patching on a 14-day cadence with support for scheduled EC2 event windows.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Adds IPv6 Dual-Stack Support

🌐 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (ASG) now supports IPv6, enabling dual‑stack (IPv4 and IPv6) configurations for Auto Scaling groups. IPv6 provides a vastly larger address space, letting you assign contiguous ranges to microservices and achieve near‑unlimited scale. Support is available in all commercial AWS regions (except New Zealand) and in GovCloud regions where ASG is offered. Configure networks and addressing via AWS documentation.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Adds FIPS PrivateLink Endpoints

🔒 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports FIPS 140-3 validated VPC endpoints via AWS PrivateLink, enabling regulated workloads to use cryptographic modules that meet federal requirements. This update allows customers to create FIPS-compliant VPC endpoints in select US and Canada regions to satisfy government and regulated-industry encryption mandates. Refer to AWS guidance for setting up VPC endpoints and integrating AWS PrivateLink with EC2 Auto Scaling.

AWS Compute Optimizer Adds Support for 99 EC2 Types

🔍Compute Optimizer now supports 99 additional Amazon EC2 instance types, including the latest Compute Optimized (C8gn, C8gd), General Purpose (M8i, M8i-flex, M8gd), Memory Optimized (R8i, R8i-flex, R8gd), and Storage Optimized (I8ge) families. This expansion helps customers identify additional savings and capture improved price-to-performance from newer instances without manual analysis. The update is available in all regions where Compute Optimizer operates except AWS GovCloud (US) and China, and can be accessed via Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK.

AWS Research and Engineering Studio 2025.09 Update

🧪 Research and Engineering Studio (RES) 2025.09 on AWS delivers fractional GPU support, simplified AMI handling, and greater deployment flexibility for research and engineering teams. The update adds support for Amazon EC2 g6f instances to enable GPU fractionalization, Systems Manager Parameter Alias support for AMI IDs to streamline image management, and optional integration with existing Amazon Cognito user pools to simplify authentication during deployment. Administrators can now customize CIDR ranges in the CloudFormation external resources template, and regional availability expands to Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (UAE), and South America (São Paulo).

Amazon EC2 I7i Instances Now in Milan and N. California

🚀 Amazon EC2 I7i instances are now available in AWS Europe (Milan) and AWS US West (N. California). Powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors with a 3.2 GHz all-core turbo and 3rd-generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7i delivers up to 23% better compute and more than 10% improved price-performance versus I4i. Storage scales to 45 TB of NVMe with up to 50% better real-time storage performance, up to 50% lower storage I/O latency, and up to 60% lower latency variability, and includes a torn write prevention feature supporting up to 16 KB block sizes. The family offers eleven sizes — nine virtual sizes up to 48xlarge plus two bare metal options — with up to 100 Gbps networking and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth.

ShadowV2 Turns Misconfigured Docker into DDoS Service

🛡️ Darktrace researchers uncovered a ShadowV2 campaign that leverages exposed Docker APIs on AWS EC2 to provision containers and run a Go-based remote access trojan, converting misconfigured cloud containers into distributed DDoS nodes. The attackers create containers on victim hosts rather than importing malicious images, likely to reduce forensic traces, and use the Python Docker SDK to interact with exposed daemons. ShadowV2 operators employ advanced techniques including HTTP/2 rapid reset and Cloudflare evasion, and the platform includes APIs, a Tailwind/FastAPI UI and operator logins that turn botnet control into a commercialized DDoS-as-a-Service offering.

Research and Engineering Studio on AWS 2025.09 Release

🚀 Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS 2025.09 introduces fractional GPU support, simplified AMI management, and broader deployment flexibility to help teams run graphics‑intensive and compute workloads more efficiently. The release adds Amazon EC2 g6f support for GPU fractionalization and Systems Manager Parameter Alias support for AMI IDs. Integration with Amazon Cognito user pools and customizable CIDR ranges in the CloudFormation template streamline authentication and network planning, while regional expansion improves accessibility.

AWS Expands EC2 C8gn Graviton4 Instances to Regions

🚀 Amazon expanded availability of EC2 C8gn instances—powered by Graviton4—to Europe (Frankfurt, Stockholm) and Asia Pacific (Singapore), in addition to existing US Regions. C8gn delivers up to 30% better compute vs Graviton3-based C7gn, includes 6th-generation Nitro Cards, and offers up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth. Instances scale to 48xlarge with up to 384 GiB memory and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and select sizes support Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) for lower-latency clusters optimized for network-intensive workloads.

Amazon EC2 Allowed AMIs: New Parameters for Governance

🔒 Amazon EC2’s account-wide Allowed AMIs setting now supports four new parameters — marketplace codes, deprecation time, creation date, and AMI names — to tighten AMI discovery and usage controls. Previously limited to account IDs and owner aliases, administrators can now define additional criteria to block Marketplace images, filter out outdated AMIs, and enforce naming patterns. These parameters integrate with Declarative Policies and are available in all regions, including AWS China and AWS GovCloud (US), enabling centralized AMI governance across your organization.

ShadowV2 Botnet Highlights Growth of DDoS-as-a-Service

🛡️ Darktrace has uncovered a ShadowV2 campaign that combines a GitHub CodeSpaces-hosted Python command-and-control framework, a Docker-based spreader, and a Go-based RAT to operate a DDoS-as-a-service platform. Attackers target exposed Docker daemons on AWS EC2 to build on-victim images and deploy malware via environment variables, reducing forensic artifacts. The platform exposes an OpenAPI-driven UI and multi-tenant API enabling HTTP/HTTP2 floods, UAM bypasses, and other configurable attack options.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling — Forced Immediate Cancel Feature

⚡ Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now allows customers to force-cancel ongoing instance refreshes immediately by setting WaitForTransitioningInstances to false when calling the CancelInstanceRefresh API. The change bypasses waiting for in-progress launches, terminations, or instance lifecycle hooks, enabling rapid aborts of deployments during incidents or to roll forward to corrected releases. The capability is available in all AWS regions, including AWS GovCloud (US).

AWS removes network burst limits for I7i and I8g instances

🚀 Today AWS removed networking bandwidth burst duration limits for Amazon EC2 I7i and I8g instances larger than 4xlarge, doubling the network bandwidth available at all times for those sizes. Where instances previously relied on a network I/O credit mechanism to burst above a baseline, larger I7i and I8g instances can now sustain their maximum network performance indefinitely. The change delivers more predictable, uninterrupted throughput for memory- and network‑intensive workloads such as distributed databases, real‑time analytics and AI preprocessing; smaller sizes retain existing baseline-and-burst behavior.

Amazon GameLift Servers: Dallas Local Zone Launches

🎮 Amazon GameLift Servers now supports the new AWS Local Zone in Dallas, Texas (us-east-1-dfw-2), enabling fleets to deploy EC2 C6gn, C6i, C6in, M6g, M6i, M6in, M8g, and R6i instances. From the GameLift Servers Console you can enable the Dallas Local Zone and add it to your fleets like any other Region or Local Zone. This launch lets studios run latency-sensitive multiplayer, AR/VR, and tournament workloads closer to Dallas-area players for single-digit millisecond latency and improved responsiveness.