Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
2026-04-20T13:23:50Z•a231601ac03b2d5a12f2c388b1a1c7ae56058b6763337b64db6e38617e0d8e9b
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What happened
This collection of Google security posts (Apr–Mar 2026) announces defensive engineering and deployment plans across multiple high‑risk areas: Pixel modem firmware is adopting a memory‑safe Rust DNS parser to reduce exploitation risk in baseband code; Chrome is rolling out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to prevent cookie‑based session theft (public availability on Windows in Chrome 146, macOS coming soon); Google Workspace/ Gemini teams describe ongoing defenses against indirect prompt injection (IPI) threats to LLMs; the Vulnerability Rewards Program reflects continued engagement with
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- Source ID
- google_security_blog
- Record identifier
- a231601ac03b2d5a12f2c388b1a1c7ae56058b6763337b64db6e38617e0d8e9b
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-20T13:23:50Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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