Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
2026-04-22T07:23:45Z•5df9bb64f613ed85609223da2475d6b53b3930bdf02d98862dc2353e1c1d655d
Android 17DBSCLLM securityPKIPQCVRPbaseband modemcertificate transparencychrome 146cookie theftdevice-bound session credentialsdns parserindirect prompt injectionmemory-safetymerkle tree certificatespixel 10post-quantum cryptographyrustscam protectionsession hijackingvulnerability rewards program
What happened
This collection of Google Security Blog posts (Apr 2026) outlines multiple defensive advancements across Google products: Pixel modems — Google integrated a memory-safe Rust DNS parser into modem firmware for Pixel 10 to reduce memory‑safety bugs in a high-risk baseband (motivated by prior Project Zero remote RCE findings). Chrome/Accounts — Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) are publicly available on Windows (Chrome 146) and coming to macOS to prevent cookie-based session theft by making exfiltrated cookies unusable for account access. Google Workspace/GenAI — ongoing mitigations and a持续
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- google_security_blog
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- 5df9bb64f613ed85609223da2475d6b53b3930bdf02d98862dc2353e1c1d655d
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- 2026-04-22T07:23:45Z
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- Yes
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