What happened
Zenity Labs announced (Aug 3, 2026, Black Hat USA) AI Total, a free tool that dynamically analyzes AI agent 'skills' (e.g. Claude Skills-style packages) at runtime to detect malware, malicious configuration manipulation, and data-exfiltration behavior, alongside research uncovering dozens of malicious skills already live in public registries.
Why it matters
Agent skills/plugins are an emerging, largely unscanned AI supply-chain vector; a free purpose-built detection tool from a leading agent-security vendor gives defenders their first practical scanning option for this specific threat class.
Applicability
Security teams allowing employees or agents to install third-party AI skills/plugins should run AI Total against their skill inventories now.