Trending Hugging Face Repository With 200k Downloads Executes Malware on Windows Machines
A popular artificial intelligence repository on Hugging Face was recently found hiding dangerous malware that targeted Windows users. The repository, named “Open-OSS/privacy-filter,” had racked up over 200,000 downloads before the platform’s team stepped in and removed it. The malicious package disguised itself as a legitimate privacy filtering tool. It copied its model card nearly verbatim […] The post Trending Hugging Face Repository With 200k Downloads Executes Malware on Windows Machines appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A malicious repository on Hugging Face, 'Open-OSS/privacy-filter', was downloaded over 200,000 times before removal, disguising itself as a legitimate privacy filtering tool and executing malware on Windows machines.
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