Weekly news update - 3.4.2026

Cloud: The AWS DevOps Agent Goes GA The AWS DevOps Agent is now generally available, marking a shift toward unified hybrid cloud management. This single agent streamlines operations by automating software deployment, patching, and configuration across both Amazon EC2 and on-premises servers. Crucially, it supports secure, private VPC connectivity and allows for the integration of agentic AI to handle autonomous incident response and routine maintenance. Cybersecurity: The Axios Supply Chain Compromise A sophisticated supply chain attack has targeted the widely used axios NPM package. Attributed to the North Korean threat actor UNC1069, the breach involved hijacking a maintainer's account to embed a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) called WAVESHAPER.V2. With over 100 million weekly downloads, this incident underscores the urgent need for teams to audit build logs and pin dependencies to verified safe versions. AI/ML: The Launch of Gemma 4 Google has released Gemma 4, a new family of open models built on Gemini 3 technology. These models are engineered for "intelligence-per-parameter," featuring native multimodal capabilities and advanced agentic skills like function calling and structured JSON output. With variants ranging from a 26B Mixture of Experts (MoE) to edge-optimized "Effective" models, it brings frontier-level reasoning directly to mobile and IoT devices. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekly-news-update-342026-eyal-estrin--btscf/