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SlowMist flags fake Qwen 3.8 27B GitHub repo hiding StealC info-stealer
An information-stealing virus was uploaded to a GitHub repository disguised as downloadable weights for Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8 27B model. SlowMist’s security team reported the incident on August 28, and anyone who runs open-source AI models locally could be at risk of credential theft. There’s a fake Qwen AI model on GitHub On August 28, the...
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