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HTTPS certificate industry phasing out less secure domain validation methods

Posted by Chrome Root Program Team Secure connections are the backbone of the modern web, but a certificate is only as trustworthy as the valida...
Posted on 10 December 2025 | 8:00 pm

Further Hardening Android GPUs

Posted by Liz Prucka, Hamzeh Zawawy, Rishika Hooda, Android Security and Privacy Team Last year, Google's Android Red Team partnered with Arm to ...
Posted on 9 December 2025 | 5:00 pm

Architecting Security for Agentic Capabilities in Chrome

Posted by Nathan Parker, Chrome security team Chrome has been advancing the web’s security for well over 15 years, and we’re committed to meeting...
Posted on 8 December 2025 | 6:03 pm

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 ...
Posted on 3 December 2025 | 4:59 pm

Android Quick Share Support for AirDrop: A Secure Approach to Cross-Platform File Sharing

Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, VP, Platforms Security & Privacy, Google Technology should bring people closer together, not create walls. Bein...
Posted on 20 November 2025 | 5:00 pm

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 ...
Posted on 13 November 2025 | 4:59 pm

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; Vi...
Posted on 30 October 2025 | 4:59 pm

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 Secure Conn...
Posted on 28 October 2025 | 5:01 pm

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...
Posted on 24 September 2025 | 6:42 pm

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 repeatedl...
Posted on 15 September 2025 | 5:01 pm

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 202...
Posted on 10 September 2025 | 3:59 pm

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 sec...
Posted on 12 August 2025 | 4:00 pm

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...
Posted on 21 July 2025 | 9:34 pm

Advancing Protection in Chrome on Android

Posted by David Adrian, Javier Castro & Peter Kotwicz, Chrome Security Team Android recently announced Advanced Protection, which extends Goo...
Posted on 8 July 2025 | 5:36 pm

Mitigating prompt injection attacks with a layered defense strategy

Posted by Google GenAI Security TeamWith the rapid adoption of generative AI, a new wave of threats is emerging across the industry with the aim of...
Posted on 13 June 2025 | 4:03 pm

Sustaining Digital Certificate Security - Upcoming Changes to the Chrome Root Store

Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team Note: Google Chrome communicated its removal of default trust of Chunghwa Telecom and Netlock...
Posted on 30 May 2025 | 2:59 pm

Tracking the Cost of Quantum Factoring

Posted by Craig Gidney, Quantum Research Scientist, and Sophie Schmieg, Senior Staff Cryptography Engineer Google Quantum AI's mission is to build ...
Posted on 23 May 2025 | 11:57 am

Advanced Protection: Google’s Strongest Security for Mobile Devices

Posted by Il-Sung Lee, Group Product Manager, Android Security Protecting users who need heightened security has been a long-standing commitment ...
Posted on 13 May 2025 | 4:59 pm

What’s New in Android Security and Privacy in 2025

Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, VP Engineering, Android Security and Privacy Android’s intelligent protections keep you safe from everyday dangers...
Posted on 13 May 2025 | 4:59 pm

Using AI to stop tech support scams in Chrome

Posted by Jasika Bawa, Andy Lim, and Xinghui Lu, Google Chrome Security Tech support scams are an increasingly prevalent form of cybercrime, char...
Posted on 8 May 2025 | 4:59 pm

Google announces Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental cybersecurity model

Posted by Elie Burzstein and Marianna Tishchenko, Sec-Gemini teamToday, we’re announcing Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model focused on adva...
Posted on 4 April 2025 | 6:53 pm

Taming the Wild West of ML: Practical Model Signing with Sigstore

Posted by Mihai Maruseac, Google Open Source Security Team (GOSST)In partnership with NVIDIA and HiddenLayer, as part of the Open Source Security F...
Posted on 4 April 2025 | 5:00 pm

New security requirements adopted by HTTPS certificate industry

Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team The Chrome Root Program launched in 2022 as part of Google’s ongoing commitment to upholding ...
Posted on 27 March 2025 | 8:49 pm

Titan Security Keys now available in more countries

Posted by Christiaan Brand, Group Product ManagerWe’re excited to announce that starting today, Titan Security Keys are available for purchase in m...
Posted on 26 March 2025 | 5:00 pm

Announcing OSV-Scanner V2: Vulnerability scanner and remediation tool for open source

Posted by Rex Pan and Xueqin Cui, Google Open Source Security TeamIn December 2022, we released the open source OSV-Scanner tool, and earlier this ...
Posted on 17 March 2025 | 4:46 pm