Google sees 68% drop in Android memory safety flaws over 5 years
September 25, 2024 at 03:34PM The shift in Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024 highlights Google’s adoption of memory-safe languages like Rust. This strategy retains older code with minimal changes focused on security fixes, while prioritizing new code in memory-safe languages. Google emphasizes proactive prevention over … Read more