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Rust in Android: move fast and fix things
Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in new code quickly...
How Android provides the most effective protection to keep you safe from mobile scams
Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse; Vijay Pareek, Manager,...
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...
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...
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...
Protecting Cookies with Device Bound Session Credentials
Posted by Ben Ackerman, Chrome team, Daniel Rubery, Chrome team and Guillaume Ehinger, Google Account Security team Following our April 2024 announcement, Device Bound Session...
New Android Theft Protection Feature Updates: Smarter, Stronger
Posted by Nataliya Stanetsky, Fabricio Ferracioli, Elliot Sisteron, Irene Ang of the Android Security Team Phone theft is more than just losing a device; it's...
Android expands pilot for in-call scam protection for financial apps
Posted by Aden Haussmann, Associate Product Manager and Sumeet Sharma, Play Partnerships Trust & Safety Lead Android uses the best of Google AI and our...
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...