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Poisoned Pickles Make You Ill

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Pickle files for ML models are trivially weaponisable because they execute arbitrary Python on load; the session shows a concrete exploit that modifies a scikit learn model’s __reduce__ behavior to dump environment secrets and then demonstrates serving with mlserver where an unsigned or poisoned pickle runs but a signed, attested artifact fails to load. Tools shown include scikit learn model poisoning, mlserver inference with artifact verification, and mitigation options like ONNX or reduced-feature pickle libraries and signing plus attestations.

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  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 1:05Security in ML overlooked
  3. 2:09Python pickles and risks
  4. 3:54Pickle poisoning vulnerabilities
  5. 8:10Pickle limitations
  6. 9:14ML deployment architecture
  7. 10:56Live demo: poisoning pickle model
  8. 13:24Exploiting pickle vulnerabilities
  9. 14:08Mitigating risks with Scopes
  10. 15:31Real-world poisoning case
  11. 16:56DevOps for ML security
  12. 18:19ML supply chain security
  13. 20:26Sigstore for ML signing
  14. 24:24Live demo: signing models
  15. 26:52Verifying signatures in production
  16. 29:00Next steps for ML security
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