Helpful Skills or Hidden Payloads? Bitdefender Labs Dives Deep into the OpenClaw Malicious Skill Trap

Bitdefender Labs 5 February 2026, 19:26 EET AI

With hundreds of malicious OpenClaw skills blending in among legitimate ones, manually reviewing every script or command isn’t realistic — especially when skills are designed to look helpful and familiar. That’s why Bitdefender offers a free AI Skills Checker, designed to help people quickly assess whether an AI skill might be risky before they install or run it. Using the tool, you can…

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