What Google Blog shipped in February 2026

DORA’s software delivery performance metrics

DORA has identified five software delivery performance metrics that measure throughput and instability, helping teams assess and improve their software delivery processes. These metrics, which include…

Dan Boneh

The webpage belongs to Dan Boneh, a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He co-directs the Stanford Computer Security Lab and focuses on applied cryptograph…

Why NetSPI?

NetSPI positions itself as a pioneer in modern Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), combining AI-led solutions with human expertise to provide proactive cybersecurity. The company focuses on safe…

Gerrit

How My Son Secured the Android Lockscreen

Google has significantly improved the lockscreen security of its Pixel Watch through an over-the-air update. The update reduces the number of guesses an attacker can make in a short time and increases…

Behavior changes: Apps targeting Android 16 or higherStay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.

The most important change in Android 16 is the deprecation and disabling of the edge-to-edge opt-out feature, which means all apps targeting Android 16 or higher must support edge-to-edge display. Thi…

Site Isolation

Site Isolation is a security feature in Chrome that enhances protection against certain types of security vulnerabilities. It ensures that pages from different websites are isolated in separate proces…

Protect your personal data against theft

Google has introduced new theft protection features for Android 15 and later versions to enhance device security. Theft Detection Lock uses AI, motion sensors, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth to detect if a devi…

We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI

The most important fact is that watchTowr Labs researchers discovered a significant security vulnerability in the WHOIS system for the .mobi top-level domain (TLD). They found that the WHOIS server fo…

Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS

Google Chrome is introducing a new program to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computers. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has formed a working group, PLANTS, to address the perform…

Google Online Security Blog: February 2026

Google has announced a strategic initiative to future-proof HTTPS certificates against quantum computing threats by introducing Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a quantum-resistant alternative to trad…

Welcome to the CA/Browser Forum

The CA/Browser Forum has introduced a new ballot (CSC-25) that requires Certificate Issuers to deploy DNSSEC validation back to the IANA DNSSEC root trust anchor for all DNS queries associated with CA…

Chrome Vulnerability Reward Program Rules | Google Bug Hunters

The Chrome Vulnerability Reward Program has updated its rules to include a new category of vulnerabilities, specifically targeting Chrome Extensions. This change affects security researchers who parti…

Google Online Security Blog: Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS

Google Chrome is announcing a new program to make HTTPS certificates secure against quantum computers. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has created a working group, PKI, Logs, And Tree Signa…

Google Online Security Blog: Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS

Google's Chrome team is introducing a new program to make HTTPS certificates secure against quantum computers. They are collaborating with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to address the per…

Detect repeat abuse using device recall (beta)Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.

Google Play has introduced a new beta feature called 'device recall' for developers, enabling apps to store and retrieve custom data tied to specific devices while preserving user privacy. This allows…

November Pixel Drop: 'Wicked: For Good' theme packs, Remix photos in Messages and more

The November Pixel Drop introduces several new features for Google Pixel users. The most significant update is the ability to remix photos directly within Google Messages using AI, allowing users to e…

Chromium

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Phone by Google

The content provided is a static page for the 'Phone by Google' app on the Google Play Store. It does not contain any news, announcements, or updates about the app. The page likely includes standard i…

Staying One Step Ahead: Strengthening Android’s Lead in Scam Protection

Google is expanding its AI-powered Scam Detection feature on Android devices to combat increasingly sophisticated scams. The feature, which alerts users to potential scam calls and messages, is now be…

Building Better Software, Faster

Google has expanded its AI-powered Scam Detection feature to more users and devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S26 series in the U.S. This feature, powered by Gemini's on-device model, provides rea…

Google has expanded its AI-powered scam detection features on Android devices to enhance user protection against increasingly sophisticated scams. The Scam Detection feature, which alerts users to pot

Google Online Security Blog

Google is enhancing Android's security features to maintain its lead in scam protection. New updates include smarter theft protection, phasing out less secure HTTPS certificate methods, and hardening …

Google has expanded its AI-powered scam detection features on Android devices to provide enhanced protection against increasingly sophisticated scams. The company highlighted a case where an IT profes

Google has expanded its AI-powered scam detection features on Android devices to combat increasingly sophisticated scams. The Scam Detection feature, which alerts users to potential scams during calls

Google Online Security Blog: Staying One Step Ahead: Strengthening Android’s Lead in Scam Protection

Google is expanding its AI-powered Scam Detection feature on Android devices to combat evolving scam tactics. The feature, which already protects users from billions of malicious calls and messages mo…

Google has enhanced Android's scam protection features, leveraging Google AI to block over 10 billion malicious calls and messages monthly. The updates include expanding Scam Detection for calls to Sa

Google Online Security Blog: Staying One Step Ahead: Strengthening Android’s Lead in Scam Protection

Google is enhancing Android's scam protection features, leveraging Google AI to defend against over 10 billion suspected malicious calls and messages monthly. The update includes expanding Scam Detect…

Google has expanded its AI-powered scam detection features on Android devices to enhance user protection against fraudulent calls and messages. The Scam Detection feature, which alerts users to potent

Google Messages

The content provided is a static page for the Google Messages app on the Google Play Store. It does not contain any news, announcements, or updates about the app. The page primarily provides informati…

Keeping Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2025

In 2025, Google significantly enhanced its AI-powered protections for the Android ecosystem, preventing over 1.75 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play and banning more tha…

Google Online Security Blog: Keeping Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2025

In 2025, Google significantly enhanced its AI-powered protections for the Google Play and Android app ecosystems. The company prevented over 1.75 million policy-violating apps from being published and…

Google Online Security Blog: Keeping Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2025

In 2025, Google significantly enhanced the security of the Google Play and Android app ecosystems by leveraging AI and real-time defenses to combat increasingly sophisticated threats. The company prev…

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) documented a 2025 surge in AI-enabled cyber threats, including model extraction attacks targeting proprietary AI logic and adversarial misuse of LLMs by state-b…

The quantum era is coming. Are we ready to secure it?

Google is calling for action to secure the upcoming quantum computing era, as quantum computers could potentially break current encryption methods. The company has been preparing for this transition s…

Moving Forward, Together

The Chrome Root Program is exploring several initiatives to enhance the security, stability, and simplicity of the internet ecosystem. These initiatives are not yet requirements but are proposals for …