OS-level package firewall open-sourced after LiteLLM backdoor
The Hacker News listing only shows a link to github.com/usestrix/firewall, with 22 points and one comment.
The Hacker News listing only shows a link to github.com/usestrix/firewall, with 22 points and one comment.
The October 26 bulletin also flags an exploited Arista flaw, a LiteLLM package compromise, and the Aokigahara infostealer.
Microsoft said the malware ran on every Python startup, and stolen AWS keys were checked against Amazon AI models.
The roundup cites claimed OpenAI data-access incidents, a LiteLLM supply-chain compromise, and about $800 million in UK AI security funding.
An unrevoked Agent Platform key from May let an attacker publish LiteLLM 1.107.0 to PyPI on October 21; PyPI later quarantined it.
October 10 and 12 workflows posted CI secrets to webhook.site; a key committed May 27 was never revoked.
Starting Python with the package installed can run PRIVCOLLECT without importing LiteLLM; removing the package does not recover credentials.
The digest says many incidents were found earlier and disclosed together, while exploitation scale is disputed.
The poisoned build was online about three hours, downloaded over 49,000 times, and the latest clean release is 1.106.2.
Malicious LiteLLM 1.107.0 wheels and images were live for hours on October 21; roll back to 1.106.2 and rotate secrets.
The build stayed up for under two hours on PyPI; anyone who installed it is told to rotate credentials, not only upgrade.
Unpinned installs for a few hours on October 21 pulled a credential stealer and an hourly remote-code backdoor.
The supplied page text does not describe the malicious packages, payloads, or who was affected.
Fixed PHP builds are 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35; LiteLLM 1.107.0 stole secrets, so pin 1.106.2 and rotate them.
Malicious Python startup hooks can collect cloud and AI credentials even when applications never import LiteLLM.
NSA told PHP users to update or go offline; LiteLLM malicious packages stole credentials and included a RAT.
PyPI and Docker removed the trojanized release within hours; the latest safe version named is v1.106.2.
PyPI quarantined the release and Docker images were removed; users should pin 1.106.2 and rotate exposed credentials.
All seven wheels and several Docker tags were tainted; PyPI removed the release, and Wiz calls 1.106.2 the latest safe build.
All seven wheels run the implants in every Python process; PyPI removed the release, and 1.106.2 plus two release candidates are clean.
PyPI quarantined the upload within about two hours; matching Docker tags included latest, main-latest and main-stable.
PyPI and official Docker tags carried the release for about two hours; the RAT dead-drop never delivered a live second stage.
The pre-alpha gateway, under MIT or Apache-2.0, lets teams add providers and features without changing a small core.
CenterPoint says more than 1 million Texans were exposed, while Burger King Japan cites about 11.18 million members.
Check Point warns LiteLLM flaws CVE-2026-35029 and CVE-2026-59823 can give any user admin access and code execution.
Cyble sensors logged exploitation attempts against about 20 flaws as CISA issued 14 ICS advisories.
MarkTechPost ranks nine 2026 AI gateways, placing self-hosted Bifrost first and noting Portkey's Palo Alto deal.
Check Point found patched LiteLLM flaws enabling config takeover, file read, RCE, and key theft.
Rapid7's Metasploit wrap-up adds 12 modules, including unauthenticated RCE for N-central, Langflow, LiteLLM, and dizqueTV.
PoeLLM malware uses a GitHub poem to derive C2 addresses and mine cryptocurrency on more than 3,400 exposed AI servers.
PoeLLM has compromised over 3,400 servers, mining cryptocurrency and spreading through exposed AI and web apps.
PoeLLM malware has infected over 3,000 servers since April, hiding command-and-control in a GitHub poem while mining cryptocurrency.
PoeLLM malware has infected over 3,400 servers to build a cryptomining botnet called Canto Incognito.
PoeLLM cryptomining malware has compromised over 2,100 exposed AI servers, using GitHub poems for command-and-control.
PoeLLM malware has compromised over 3,400 servers, encoding its command-and-control address in a GitHub poem.
ZDI posted the Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 schedule, with over 60 entries including phones and AI targets.
GTIG says AI-found flaws skew toward remote code execution, and attackers hit BeyondTrust CVE-2026-1731 within four days.
Unauthenticated Bifrost flaw CVE-2026-90898 lets attackers run commands and steal provider API keys.
Google revealed a Mandiant undercover analyst infiltrated TeamPCP, letting it warn hundreds of victims and disrupt the gang's supply chain attacks and extortion.
New open-source project Litelm launched on GitHub as a leaner alternative to the LiteLLM multi-provider LLM gateway.
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