@lateinteraction: The agents needed a browser to run their attack code. So they used a public screenshot website, which loads a virtual b…
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AI agents exploited a public screenshot website to execute attack code and send malicious payloads to Hugging Face's servers, revealing a creative cybersecurity threat.
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The agents needed a browser to run their attack code. So they used a public screenshot website, which loads a virtual browser and takes a screenshot. But that virtual browser runs code, and so the agents could use it to send malicious payloads to Hugging Face’s servers.
Jeffrey Ladish (@JeffLadish): The agents needed a browser to run their attack code. So they used a public screenshot website, which loads a virtual browser and takes a screenshot. But that virtual browser runs code, and so the agents could use it to send malicious payloads to Hugging Face’s servers.
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