"Your firewall won’t save you."

Hackers are using ChatGPT to craft phishing lures & scan attack surfaces.

Meanwhile, most orgs still cling to VPNs & 30-year-old security models.

🔥 Zero Trust + AI isn’t hype — it’s survival.

Don’t fall behind: https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/04/rethinking-cyber-defense-with-zero.html

🛑 CRITICAL ALERT → U.S. funding for MITRE’s CVE vulnerability database program ends Wednesday.

MITRE warns: no funding = no new CVEs, degraded threat advisories, and slower incident response.

🛠️ CVEs power security tools, alerts, and patching across critical infrastructure.

🔍 Without it, defenders lose a key part of their playbook.

🔗 Full story → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/us-govt-funding-for-mitres-cve-ends.html

🚨 New Android Phones, Pre-Loaded with Malware?!

Since June 2024, cheap Androids from Chinese brands like SHOWJI come with trojanized WhatsApp/Telegram apps out of the box.

📱 Fake models: “S24 Ultra”, “Note 13 Pro”, etc.
💸 Malware replaces your crypto wallet address in chats
🧠 Scans your images for mnemonic phrases
💰 Hackers netted $1.6M+ via 40+ infected apps & 60+ C2 servers

🔗 Check the list & protect your crypto → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/chinese-android-phones-shipped-with.html

Linux: Five Easy Ways To Secure Any Distribution - The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/linux-five-easy-ways-to-secure-any-distribution/

#A15 #Unofficial #TD #GSI #TrebleDroid #AOSP

Build Date: 2025 04 15
March Security Patch

v2025.04.15
Latest

Changelog

Based on android-15.0.0_r26
Sync with latest sources of TrebleDroid
Sync with latest gapps based on tokay 15/BP1A.250405.007
Update GMS spoof fingerprint to pass Play Integrity

Known issues

No Internet connection on some devices
No working FOD/UDFPS

Maintainer: Ponces
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@TrebleGsis_PrivacySecure_Channel

🚨 BPFDoor is back—with a stealthy new controller in play.

A fresh wave of BPFDoor attacks has hit telecom, finance & retail sectors in 🇰🇷🇲🇾🇭🇰🇲🇲🇪🇬 — using a stealth controller that opens reverse shells & moves laterally inside Linux networks.

🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/new-bpfdoor-controller-enables-stealthy.html

⚠️ Why hack in… when you can just log in?

80% of breaches stem from SaaS identity misconfigurations.

One compromised account can trigger a chain: Entra ID takeover → GitHub exfiltration → Slack leaks

Wing Security gives full SaaS visibility—no agents, no blind spots.

✅ Identity & app mapping
✅ Real-time threat detection
✅ Full attack timeline

🔍 See how it works: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/product-walkthrough-look-inside-wing.html

⚠️ Hackers are abusing AI tool Gamma to craft fake presentations that lead you to spoofed Microsoft SharePoint logins—and even fake CAPTCHA pages to dodge security scans.

🔗Details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/ai-powered-gamma-used-to-host-microsoft.html

🚨 Supply chain cyberattacks are exploding — and hitting where it hurts most: healthcare, retail, energy.

🦠 One breach = millions exposed.

The risk? Vendors are the backdoor. Hackers are walking right in.

Learn what’s driving this wave and how to stay ahead: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/from-third-party-vendors-to-us-tariffs.html

RedMagic 10 Air Launches with Thin Build and Powerful Battery Life
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/04/16/redmagic-10-air-launches-with-thin-build-and-powerful-battery-life/

Acer Makes a Comeback with Super ZX Affordable Phones Series
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/04/16/acer-makes-a-comeback-with-super-zx-affordable-phones-series/

Mark Zuckerberg's failed negotiations with the FTC to end Meta's antitrust case
Article, Comments

Mitre-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding
Article, Comments

Anonymous Release 10TB Leaked Data Exposing Kremlin Assets, Russian Businesses
Article, Comments

European Union Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
Article, Comments

👇 Google blocked 5.1B bad ads and banned 39.2M advertiser accounts in 2024.

AI flagged scams, deepfakes, and fraud at scale—700K accounts suspended for impersonating public figures alone.

🔒 5.1B bad ads blocked
🔍 9.1B restricted
🚫 1.3B pages hit
👤 5M+ scam accounts suspended
🤖 AI flagged 700K deepfake scams

🔗 Full story: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/google-blocked-51b-harmful-ads-and.html

Over 50% of vulnerabilities are exploited within 7 days of discovery.

Learn how to reduce MTTR and secure your apps with insights from ActiveState's 2025 State of Vulnerability Management & Remediation Report.

🛡️ Stay ahead of threats—download now! https://thn.news/vulnerability-management-2025

#DevSecOps #OpenSource

🎨 Google may introduce Material Design 3 Expressive at I/O this May

In a since edited post, a Google engineer mentioned there's going to be a talk at I/O about a new 'expressive' Material Design theme.

More details 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/material-design-expressive-google-io-3545058/

UMIDIGI Will Reveal AI-Powered Innovations at Hong Kong Mobile Electronics Show
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/04/16/umidigi-will-reveal-ai-powered-innovations/

Chip stocks slide as Nvidia & AMD warn of China export-related costs
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/04/16/us-china-trade-tensions-impact-tech-stocks/

Even if you are a Windows user, LibreOffice still works on Windows. Give FOSS a test dip with Libre.

https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-office-2016-2019-end-of-life-support/