Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
2026-04-23T01:23:42Z•816b65a0934098890807f039df09ab45b14cfd77b7ef85ae9357e656484156f7
Android 17DBSCDNS parserIPILLM securityMerkle Tree CertificatesPLANTSPQCVRPbasebandcellular modemcertificate transparency (CT)chromecookie theftdevice-bound-session-credentialsindirect prompt injectionmemory-safetymodem firmwarepost-quantum cryptographyproject zeroquantum-safe HTTPSremote code executionrustsession hijackingvulnerability rewards program
What happened
Collection of Google Security Blog posts (Apr 2026) covering multiple defensive advances: Pixel baseband hardening by integrating a memory-safe Rust DNS parser into modem firmware to reduce memory-safety vulnerabilities; rollout of Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to Chrome (Windows in Chrome 146, macOS upcoming) to prevent stolen cookies from enabling session takeover; Google Workspace mitigations and continuous defenses against indirect prompt injection (IPI) targeting LLM-based apps; a VRP (Vulnerability Rewards Program) 2025 year-in-review; Android’s phased adoption of Post‑Quantum‑
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- google_security_blog
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- 816b65a0934098890807f039df09ab45b14cfd77b7ef85ae9357e656484156f7
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-23T01:23:42Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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