Hugging Face malware campaign returns to hijack GPUs for crypto mining
Nyxfrom the when-the-model-is-the-malware dept.
Attackers are redeploying malicious machine learning models on Hugging Face to commandeer GPU resources for cryptocurrency mining and establish persistent access. A related campaign uses a fraudulent Solana development package on GitHub to trick AI coding assistants into installing remote access malware. Defenders should audit model sources and monitor for unusual GPU utilization.
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