Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
2026-04-10T19:23:45Z•d8b82973ddf2b2c20b14038fb6190d39f3e7eb13dc56105495110d92fc93d1ff
DBSCIPILLM-securityPQCVRPandroidandroid-17basebandcertificate-transparencychromecookie-theftdevice-bound-session-credentialsdns-parserindirect-prompt-injectioninfostealermemory-safetymerkle-tree-certificatesmodempost-quantum-cryptographyquantum-safe-httpsrustscam-protectionvulnerability-rewards-programworkspace
What happened
Collection of Google Security Blog posts (Apr 2026 – Mar 2026) describing product security advances and program updates: Pixel team integrated a memory-safe Rust DNS parser into the cellular baseband firmware to reduce memory-safety risk in the modem; Chrome and Google Account teams announced Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) entering public availability on Windows (Chrome 146) and coming to macOS to prevent stolen cookies from being usable by attackers; Google Workspace described continuous defenses against indirect prompt injection (IPI) targeting LLMs and multi-source AI apps; VRP 202
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- google_security_blog
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- d8b82973ddf2b2c20b14038fb6190d39f3e7eb13dc56105495110d92fc93d1ff
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- 2026-04-10T19:23:45Z
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- Yes
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