Discussing the Principles of the torch-npu Plugin

Discussing the Principles of the torch-npu Plugin

Overview The official PyTorch plugin provided by Huawei: <span>torch-npu</span> enables running PyTorch code on Huawei Ascend servers, facilitating AI development—training and inference—based on the open-source PyTorch ecosystem. Although Huawei has its own machine learning development framework: MindSpore, similar frameworks exist from companies like Baidu and Alibaba, such as Baidu’s PaddlePaddle. Essentially, these frameworks are directly … Read more

Nimbuspwn: Microsoft Discovers Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in Linux Operating System

Nimbuspwn: Microsoft Discovers Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in Linux Operating System

Microsoft has discovered two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux operating system that could allow attackers to perform various malicious activities. They are CVE-2022-29799 and CVE-2022-29800, collectively referred to as “Nimbuspwn”. The Microsoft 365 Defender security team released a report stating that these vulnerabilities “can be exploited in combination to gain root privileges on Linux … Read more