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Ultralytics AI model hijacked to infect thousands with cryptominer
The popular Ultralytics YOLO11 AI model was compromised in a supply chain attack to deploy cryptominers on devices running versions 8.3.41 and 8.3.42 from the Python Package Index (PyPI)
Ultralytics is a software development company specializing in computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI), specifically in object detection and image processing.
It's best known for its "YOLO" (You Only Look Once) advanced object detection model, which can quickly and accurately detect and identify objects in video streams in real time.
Ultralytics tools are open-source and are used by numerous projects spanning a wide range of industries and applications.
The library has been starred 33,600 times and forked 6,500 times on GitHub, and it has had over 260,000 downloads over the past 24 hours from PyPI alone.
See more:
BleepingComputer:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ultralytics-ai-model-hijacked-to-infect-thousands-with-cryptominer/
The Hacker News:
https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/ultralytics-ai-library-compromised.html
#cybersecurity #malware #ai
The popular Ultralytics YOLO11 AI model was compromised in a supply chain attack to deploy cryptominers on devices running versions 8.3.41 and 8.3.42 from the Python Package Index (PyPI)
Ultralytics is a software development company specializing in computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI), specifically in object detection and image processing.
It's best known for its "YOLO" (You Only Look Once) advanced object detection model, which can quickly and accurately detect and identify objects in video streams in real time.
Ultralytics tools are open-source and are used by numerous projects spanning a wide range of industries and applications.
The library has been starred 33,600 times and forked 6,500 times on GitHub, and it has had over 260,000 downloads over the past 24 hours from PyPI alone.
See more:
BleepingComputer:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ultralytics-ai-model-hijacked-to-infect-thousands-with-cryptominer/
The Hacker News:
https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/ultralytics-ai-library-compromised.html
#cybersecurity #malware #ai