Category: Research
Android pKVM Becomes First Consumer Software to Earn SESIP Level 5
Google's protected KVM hypervisor has received SESIP Level 5 certification, the highest assurance level under the Common Criteria-aligned IoT security standard, marking…
Google Backs DDR5 Rowhammer Research, Uncovers New Attack Patterns
Google has partnered with Antmicro and ETH Zurich researchers to build open-source FPGA test platforms for DDR5 memory, leading to the discovery…
Chrome 154 Will Enable HTTPS-Only Mode by Default for All Users
Google plans to activate 'Always Use Secure Connections' for all Chrome users in October 2026, requiring permission before loading any public site…
Flipper Zero Firmware Shifts to Community-Driven Model After Full-Time Dev Ends
Flipper Devices confirms that active feature development on Flipper Zero firmware has concluded, with future progress depending on structured community contributions managed…
Rust in Android Cuts Memory Safety Bugs Below 20% While Speeding Development
Google's 2025 Android security data shows memory safety vulnerabilities have dropped below 20% of total vulnerabilities, while Rust code demonstrates a 4x…
Google and Arm Reduce Mali GPU Attack Surface via SELinux Hardening
Google's Android Security team has partnered with Arm to restrict access to debug and deprecated GPU IOCTLs on Mali-based Android devices, targeting…
HTTPS Ecosystem Retires 11 Legacy Domain Validation Methods by 2028
The CA/Browser Forum and Chrome Root Program are phasing out email, phone, and reverse-lookup domain validation methods in favor of automated, cryptographically…
Project Zero Digs Into GetProcessHandleFromHwnd: Bugs, History, and Inaccurate Docs
A Google Project Zero researcher traces the evolution of a little-known Windows API across Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 10, exposing documentation…
Google DeepMind Proposes Cognitive Framework for Measuring AGI Progress
A new taxonomy from Google DeepMind identifies 10 cognitive abilities as benchmarks for general AI, backed by a $200,000 Kaggle hackathon to…
Google DeepMind Reimagines the Mouse Pointer with Gemini AI Context Awareness
Google DeepMind has outlined four design principles and experimental demos for an AI-powered pointer that uses Gemini to understand visual and semantic…
Google DeepMind’s Decoupled DiLoCo Trains LLMs Across Data Centers with Minimal Bandwidth
Google DeepMind has published research on Decoupled DiLoCo, a distributed training architecture that isolates hardware failures to separate compute islands and dramatically…
AlphaEvolve Cuts DNA Sequencing Errors by 30% in DeepConsensus Upgrade
Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve coding agent improved the DeepConsensus DNA error-correction model, reducing variant detection errors by 30% and lowering sequencing costs for…