MLn Club (ML Reading Group) #21: How to Run Turing-Complete Malware in PyTorch's Backward Pass
Tech & Startups
In person
Sunday 25 October 2026, 23:00 – 26 Oct, 01:00 · Pittsburgh, United States
Details
- Starts
- Sun 25 Oct 2026, 23:00
- Ends
- Mon 26 Oct 2026, 01:00
- Type
- In person
- Category
- Tech & Startups
- City
- Pittsburgh
- Country
- United States
About this event
Welcome to Week 21: How to Run Turing-Complete Malware in PyTorch's Backward Pass
We'll read this recent (and important) blog post from Elon Litman (Stanford) discussing a new way to run malware in PyTorch, and what threats it allows. Then, we might also chat a bit about how we might respond to this vulnerability.
Blog Post Link Here
This paper demonstrates a novel and dangerous supply-chain exploit in modern deep learning frameworks: running arbitrary, Turing-complete programs (such as Conway's Game of Life or hidden malware payloads) entirely inside PyTorch's .backward() pass using a…
Hosted by Sophie Li & Boden Moraski
We'll read this recent (and important) blog post from Elon Litman (Stanford) discussing a new way to run malware in PyTorch, and what threats it allows. Then, we might also chat a bit about how we might respond to this vulnerability.
Blog Post Link Here
This paper demonstrates a novel and dangerous supply-chain exploit in modern deep learning frameworks: running arbitrary, Turing-complete programs (such as Conway's Game of Life or hidden malware payloads) entirely inside PyTorch's .backward() pass using a…
Hosted by Sophie Li & Boden Moraski
Links and contact
- Website
- https://luma.com/pi47vmzc
- Registration
- https://luma.com/pi47vmzc
Source
- Imported from
- Luma
- Source city
- Pittsburgh
- Original event
- Open source event https://luma.com/pi47vmzc
