Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
2026-04-21T19:23:41Z•00d8241a9202234034050ceb1d7e59edcedb040cb44fb65de524128deda7066d
Android-17DBSCDNS-parserIPIMTCMerkle-Tree-CertificatesPQCVRPandroid-scam-protectionbasebandcertificate-transparencychromecookie-theftdevice-bound-session-credentialsgenaiindirect-prompt-injectionmemory-safetymodempixelpost-quantum-cryptographyquantum-safe-HTTPSrustscam-protectionsession-securityvulnerability-rewards-program
What happened
This collection of Google security blog posts covers several defensive advancements across devices, browsers, and AI: Google integrated a memory-safe Rust DNS parser into the Pixel modem firmware (Pixel 10) to mitigate whole classes of memory-safety bugs in the baseband; Chrome and Google Accounts are rolling out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to proactively prevent cookie/session theft on Windows (and soon macOS); Workspace/GenAI teams describe ongoing defenses against indirect prompt injection (IPI) threats to LLM-based applications; the Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) published
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- google_security_blog
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- 00d8241a9202234034050ceb1d7e59edcedb040cb44fb65de524128deda7066d
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- 2026-04-21T19:23:41Z
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- Yes
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