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Three critical bugs in Picklescan could let malicious PyTorch models execute code, researchers say
Researchers disclosed three high-severity vulnerabilities in Picklescan that can be abused to bypass scanning and execute arbitrary code when loading malicious PyTorch models; fixes were released in Picklescan 0.0.31 and related analysis is available from JFrog, SecDim and others.
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Malicious PyPI package ‘soopsocks’ acted as SOCKS5 proxy and Windows backdoor, researchers say
Researchers say a PyPI package called soopsocks posed as a SOCKS5 proxy but included Windows backdoor capabilities, downloaded 2,653 times before removal; analysis attributes reconnaissance, privilege elevation, firewall changes and data exfiltration to a compiled executable and accompanying scripts.
