{"data":{"id":"d920a296-b602-4f37-a523-c907882271d2","title":"Hugging Face malware campaign returns to hijack GPUs for crypto mining","summary":"A cryptomining and backdoor campaign abusing Hugging Face model repositories returned within days of takedown. Its most downloaded malicious model, MENXIANGYU/qwen2-tiny, contained no model at all, and its trust_remote_code Python code installed a disguised miner, restarted it if killed, removed competing miners, and in some versions opened a reverse shell. Separately, a fake Solana starter kit on GitHub is positioned to trick AI coding agents into installing a NetSupport RAT.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","industry"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hugging-face-malware-campaign-returns-to-hijack-gpus-for-crypto-mining/","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T22:09:24.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"medium","attackType":["supply_chain"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":["HuggingFace"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Hugging Face","Qwen2","Xinference","GPUStack","ModelScope","Solana starter kit"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-10-29T22:09:24.000Z","fixReleasedAt":null,"daysToFix":null,"fixCheckedAt":null,"capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity","availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"framework","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.9,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":["AML.T0010"]}}