🚨 Google Calendar… as malware C2? You read that right.

Chinese APT41 hackers hijacked a govt site to launch a stealth campaign using malware dubbed TOUGHPROGRESS—leveraging Google Calendar events to send commands & exfiltrate data.

Find details here — https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/chinese-apt41-exploits-google-calendar.html

🎭 Phishing scams are down 20%—but don’t celebrate yet.

Hackers are now using GenAI to launch hyper-targeted attacks on HR and finance teams. The game changed. Are your defenses ready for what’s coming next?

🛡️ Read the full 2025 report: https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/05/zscaler-threatlabz-2025-phishing-report.html

Show HN: Typed-FFmpeg 3.0–Typed Interface to FFmpeg and Visual Filter Editor
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CoMaps is an Organic Maps fork that aims to do things differently. 🗺

https://news.itsfoss.com/organic-maps-fork-comaps/

🚨 UPDATE: 9,000 ASUS routers hijacked in silent global attack. Hackers gained persistent access using a known flaw—no malware, no alerts.

Linked to the same group behind the Cisco honeypot botnet.

The real plan? It’s just starting... 👀

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/vicioustrap-uses-cisco-flaw-to-build.html

🚨 Hackers hijacked a trusted IT tool to launch ransomware attacks across multiple companies in a supply chain breach.

👀 The twist? Another cyber gang may have quietly opened the door. The ransomware underworld is shifting.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/dragonforce-exploits-simplehelp-flaws.html

High-quality OLED displays now enabling integrated thin and multichannel audio
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[BREAKING] The Trinity Has Formed.

Xiaomi, Apple, and Oppo have announced the HyperOS x iOS x ColorOS Unification Protocol™, merging their operating systems into one reality-defying firmware singularity. No more Android. No more iOS. Only OmniOS™.

Key Features Include:

– Control Center that opens sideways, vertically, and in Latin
– Settings app powered by ChatGPT but gaslit by Siri
– Notification shade responds only to quantum swipes
– Every gesture launches three apps simultaneously across brands
– Exclusive access to the Tim Cook Bootloader Zone™
– HyperColorDynamic Island™ now floats freely across screens like a wandering spirit

Security handled by MIUI Firewall 7, Face ID, and ColorOS App Permissions, which cancel each other out and leave your data in the hands of GripNet.

You’re not on Android.
You’re not on iOS.
You’re on firmware forged by fire, betrayal, and packet desync.

Welcome to OmniOS.
One tap, three crashes.

Users have discovered that the Windows 11 Start Menu is built with React Native and can spike CPU usage up to 70% on a single core when opened. The issue occurs inconsistently, affecting some users in about 50% of clicks.

The component is built using React Native — a framework known for its cross-platform flexibility but criticized for inefficiency in system-level applications.

This revelation has reignited discussions around software optimization and resource management in modern operating systems. Notably, legendary game developer John Carmack recently weighed in on a related topic during a discussion dubbed the "CPU Apocalypse" thought experiment.

Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and co-founder of id Software, argued that software inefficiencies - not hardware limits - are the real bottleneck in computing today. He suggested that if the development of new processors were to stall, market forces would push for significantly more optimized software, enabling older hardware to perform far better than currently expected.

You can help PeerTube grow! 📈

https://news.itsfoss.com/peertube-mobile-app-crowdfunding/

Edamagit: Magit for VSCode
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#A15 #Unofficial #TD #GSI #VoltageOS #AOSP

Build Date: 2025 05 27
May Security Patch

VoltageOS 4.3-20250527.140318

Changelog

- This is another test build to help some poor folks with bootlooping devices.

Note

You CAN flash this one if you like but it's not considered a stable release so please don't report problems if your device was previously working - some patches here will likely be removed after the test if they're not needed.

Changes

Re-add "Remove selinux context for motorola health service" patch
Add a couple of patches from TrebleDroid pending PR list
Allow DOZE_SUSPEND display mode to be disabled entirely which fixes AoD on my device and possibly others
Add overlay for Ulefone 28 Ultra
Fix TrebleApp invert colours in dark mode (thanks mytja)
Add "rounded corners" patch (thanks mytja)
Re-add "mCallingSid to getpidcon" patch (temporary - seeing if this helps with some folks bootlooping on old devices)

Maintainer: Chrisaw
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@TrebleGsis_PrivacySecure_Chat
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A more in-depth look at Microsoft's Edit.

https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-edit/

Google Is Using AI to Censor Independent Websites Like Mine
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🧬 New Malware Alert: Hides Using Broken File Headers!

Fortinet just uncovered a remote access trojan (RAT) that ran unnoticed for weeks—using corrupted DOS & PE headers to avoid detection.

🖥️ Turns your PC into a remote access hub
🔁 Supports multiple attacker sessions
🔐 Uses TLS to stay stealthy

🔗 Read the full story: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/new-windows-rat-evades-detection-for.html

KDE's virtual machine manager is shaping up nicely.

https://news.itsfoss.com/kde-karton-gsoc-project/

JUST IN - Palantir and Fannie Mae launch AI "Crime Detection Unit" to "root out bad actors in our housing system" as Trump plans to take firm public.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/u26hzzd0bb/

@disclosetv

Before celebrating, keep in mind: Trump has vowed to "get rid" of anyone with anti-Jewish or anti-Israel views.

✔️ Google co-founder Sergey Brin said that the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) increases when AI is threatened while performing tasks

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A View on the Open-Source Video Editing Landscape

https://youtu.be/qEYGGqolEvs

https://media.ccc.de/v/lgm25-upstream-2025-83652-a-view-on-the-open-source-video-editing-landscape

Whether it is stitching together some travel footage or producing high-quality film content, there are many ways people want to work with the medium "video". Their needs for #video #editing solutions are diverse, and so is their budget.

Open-source video editing software seems great for beginners to get started at zero cost. What do you get and what do you have to give up on compared to the closed-source options? What does it even take to build software like this from scratch, technologically as well as mentally?

This talk takes a brief look at the free-to-use options for video editing on a desktop computer before switching the perspective to that of the developers and maintainers of such software. It offers insights into the struggles with technology, fundraising, self-motivation, and community dynamics, while also highlighting the rewarding moments and intriguing current and future developments.

Simran Spiller

https://pretalx.c3voc.de/lgm25-upstream-2025/talk/504479317/

#editor #lgm2025

🎨 Finally: Google is making theme packs to help you customize your Pixel phone

Google could soon catch up to OPPO, Xiaomi, and other OEMs with a Pixel themes feature that will bundle multiple customization options.

More info👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-themes-leak-3562392/