--- title: "Microsoft has Released Counterfeit, an Open Source Tool for Preventing AI Hacking." description: "Microsoft has inaugurated an open-source appliance to enable originators to assess the protection of their device learning strategies. The Counterfit" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2021-05-20 updated: 2021-05-20 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/659/microsoft-has-released-counterfeit-an-open-source-tool-for-preventing-ai-hacking category: "cybersecurity" tags: ["microsoft", "cybersecurity", "artificial intelligence", "cyber threat", "hackers"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Microsoft has Released Counterfeit, an Open Source Tool for Preventing AI Hacking. Microsoft has inaugurated an open-source appliance to enable originators to assess the protection of their device [learning strategies](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113746/in-what-ways-can-teachers-improve-student-outcomes-by-integrating-active-learning-strategies).\ The Counterfit program, now accessible on GitHub, encompasses a command-line method & generic mechanization coating to permit creators to imitate [cyber assaults](https://www.mindstick.com/news/657/fight-cyber-attacks-by-the-new-microsoft-playbooks) against AI policies. ![Microsoft has Released Counterfeit, an Open Source Tool for Preventing AI Hacking.](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/d5060803-a67a-473c-bc6d-4ad95f5da899/images/aa8129ba-13c8-4fe1-a401-6b9ba5e130db.jpeg)\ [Microsoft’s](https://www.mindstick.com/news/656/microsoft-nixes-windows-10x) red committee has wielded Counterfit to examine its own AI models, while the wider [organization](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100623/what-is-the-role-of-the-world-health-organization-in-global-health) is moreover analyzing wielding the tool in AI advancement. Anyone can download the appliance & deploy it by Azure Shell, to operate in-browser, or locally in an Anaconda Python atmosphere. ![Microsoft has Released Counterfeit, an Open Source Tool for Preventing AI Hacking.](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/d5060803-a67a-473c-bc6d-4ad95f5da899/images/b95d950c-5fca-462d-9d81-9b3a5f6f2eb1.jpeg)\ It can [evaluate AI](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161471/what-is-the-turing-test-and-how-is-it-used-to-evaluate-ai-systems) categories hosted in several cloud atmospheres, on-premises, or on the edge. Microsoft moreover facilitated its flexibility by accentuating the reality that it’s irreligious to AI categories & moreover promotes a variety of data types, comprising text, pictures, or generic intake. “**Our device prepares disclosed attack [algorithms](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12297/google-algorithms-why-so-important) convenient to the protection organization and assists to contribute an [extensible](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/59/xaml-extensible-application-markup-language) interface from which to construct, develop, & blast off attacks on AI categories**,” Microsoft explained. ![Microsoft has Released Counterfeit, an Open Source Tool for Preventing AI Hacking.](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/d5060803-a67a-473c-bc6d-4ad95f5da899/images/b67b69fa-b264-46f1-bd90-fdd827e4b941.jpeg)\ “**This device is a portion of widespread actions at Microsoft to authorize designers to securely acquire and deploy [AI systems](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/334006/unmasking-data-poisoning-how-it-impacts-ai-systems-and-strategies-for-defense)**.” The three crucial directions that protection experts can deploy Counterfit are by pen testing & red teaming AI [operations](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304985/how-does-devops-bridge-the-gap-between-development-and-operations-teams-like-git), inspecting AI procedures for exposures, & registering attacks against AI models. ``` READ MORE: Microsoft Nixes Windows 10X ``` --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/659/microsoft-has-released-counterfeit-an-open-source-tool-for-preventing-ai-hacking Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.