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Cloud CISO: Threat Actors' Growing Use of AI Tools

⚠️Google's Threat Intelligence team reports a shift from experimentation to operational use of AI by threat actors, including AI-enabled malware and prompt-based command generation. GTIG highlighted PROMPTSTEAL, linked to APT28 (FROZENLAKE), which queries a Hugging Face LLM to generate scripts for reconnaissance, document collection, and exfiltration, while adopting greater obfuscation and altered C2 methods. Google disabled related assets, strengthened model classifiers and safeguards with DeepMind, and urges defenders to update threat models, monitor anomalous scripting and C2, and incorporate threat intelligence into model- and classifier-level protections.

October 2025 Google AI: Research, Products, and Security

📰 In October, Google highlighted AI advances across research, consumer devices and enterprise tools, from rolling out Gemini for Home and vibe coding in AI Studio to launching Gemini Enterprise for workplace AI. The month included security initiatives for Cybersecurity Awareness Month—anti‑scam protections, CodeMender and the Secure AI Framework 2.0—and developer releases like the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model. Research milestones included a verifiable quantum advantage result and an oncology-focused model, Cell2Sentence-Scale, aimed at accelerating cancer therapy discovery.

Agent Factory Recap: AI Agents for Data Engineering

🔍 The episode of The Agent Factory reviewed practical AI agents for data engineering and data science, highlighting demos that combine Gemini, BigQuery, Colab Enterprise, and Spanner-based graph queries. It showcased a BigQuery Data Engineering Agent that generates pipelines, time dimensions, and data-quality assertions from SQL, and a Data Science Agent that runs end-to-end anomaly detection in Colab. The post also covered CodeMender for autonomous code security fixes and a creative Spanner+ADK comic demo illustrating multi-region concepts.

Google Skills: Centralized AI and Cloud Learning Hub

🚀 Google today launched Google Skills, a unified learning platform consolidating nearly 3,000 courses and labs from Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Grow with Google and Google for Education. The rollout, timed with the release of Gemini Enterprise, integrates Gemini Code Assist into hands-on labs, introduces new skill badges, and adds gamified features and admin tools for organizations. A new GEAR sprint will target one million developers for agent development, and a partnership with Jack Henry creates a direct hiring pathway for U.S. certificate holders.

Google DeepMind's CodeMender Automatically Patches Code

🛠️ Google’s DeepMind unveiled CodeMender, an AI agent that automatically detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code to remediate existing flaws and prevent future classes of vulnerabilities. Backed by Gemini Deep Think models and an LLM-based critique tool, it validates changes to reduce regressions and self-correct as needed. DeepMind says it has upstreamed 72 fixes to open-source projects so far and will engage maintainers for feedback to improve adoption and trust.

Google advances AI security with CodeMender and SAIF 2.0

🔒 Google announced three major AI security initiatives: CodeMender, a dedicated AI Vulnerability Reward Program (AI VRP), and the updated Secure AI Framework 2.0. CodeMender is an AI-powered agent built on Gemini that performs root-cause analysis, generates self-validated patches, and routes fixes to automated critique agents to accelerate time-to-patch across open-source projects. The AI VRP consolidates abuse and security reward tables and clarifies reporting channels, while SAIF 2.0 extends guidance and introduces an agent risk map and security controls for autonomous agents.

Google July AI updates: tools, creativity, and security

🔍 In July, Google announced a broad set of AI updates designed to expand access and practical value across Search, creativity, shopping and infrastructure. AI Mode in Search received Canvas planning, Search Live video, PDF uploads and better visual follow-ups via Circle to Search and Lens. NotebookLM added Mind Maps, Study Guides and Video Overviews, while Google Photos gained animation and remixing tools. Research advances include DeepMind’s Aeneas for reconstructing fragmentary texts and AlphaEarth Foundations for satellite embeddings, and Google said it used an AI agent to detect and stop a cybersecurity vulnerability.

A Summer of Security: Empowering Defenders with AI

🛡️ Google outlines summer cybersecurity advances that combine agentic AI, platform improvements, and public-private partnerships to strengthen defenders. Big Sleep—an agent from DeepMind and Project Zero—has discovered multiple real-world vulnerabilities, most recently an SQLite flaw (CVE-2025-6965) informed by Google Threat Intelligence, helping prevent imminent exploitation. The company emphasizes safe deployment, human oversight, and standard disclosure while extending tools like Timesketch (now augmented with Sec‑Gemini agents) and showcasing internal systems such as FACADE at Black Hat and DEF CON collaborations.