cyber security
HTTPS by default
One year from now, with the release of Chrome 154 in October 2026, we will change the default settings of Chrome to enable “Always Use...
Accelerating adoption of AI for cybersecurity at DEF CON 33
Posted by Elie Bursztein and Marianna Tishchenko, Google Privacy, Safety and Security TeamEmpowering cyber defenders with AI is critical to tilting the cybersecurity balance back...
Supporting Rowhammer research to protect the DRAM ecosystem
Posted by Daniel MoghimiRowhammer is a complex class of vulnerabilities across the industry. It is a hardware vulnerability in DRAM where repeatedly accessing a row...
How Pixel and Android are bringing a new level of trust to your images with C2PA Content Credentials
Posted by Eric Lynch, Senior Product Manager, Android Security, and Sherif Hanna, Group Product Manager, Google C2PA Core At Made by Google 2025, we announced...
Android’s pKVM Becomes First Globally Certified Software to Achieve Prestigious SESIP Level 5 Security Certification
Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, VP Engineering, Android Security & Privacy Today marks a watershed moment and new benchmark for open-source security and the future of...
Introducing OSS Rebuild: Open Source, Rebuilt to Last
Posted by Matthew Suozzo, Google Open Source Security Team (GOSST)Today we're excited to announce OSS Rebuild, a new project to strengthen trust in open source...
Advancing Protection in Chrome on Android
Posted by David Adrian, Javier Castro & Peter Kotwicz, Chrome Security Team Android recently announced Advanced Protection, which extends Google’s Advanced Protection Program to a...
Mitigating prompt injection attacks with a layered defense strategy
Posted by Adam Gavish, Google GenAI Security TeamWith the rapid adoption of generative AI, a new wave of threats is emerging across the industry with...
Enhanced License Plate Tracking
The surveillance company Leonardo wants more data: A surveillance company plans to add sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that would mean the devices,...
GPS As a Key Distribution Platform
This is interesting: The U.S. military has likely been quietly broadcasting codes for its global encryption network using public GPS for nearly 20 years, turning...
Critical Zcash Vulnerability Found and Fixed
If you’re a user—owner?—of this cryptocurrency, this is important: On May 29, the security researcher Taylor Hornby found a critical vulnerability in Zcash Orchard privacy...
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing Update
In April, Anthropic initated Project Glasswing. The idea was to let companies use their new model to find and fix vulnerabilities in their own software....