OpenClaw, VirusTotal announce partnership to strengthen security on ClawHub

OpenClaw, formerly known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, and Google's threat intelligence platform VirusTotal have collaborated to introduce automated security scanning aimed at strengthening security on the ClawHub AI agent marketplace, reports Cyber Security News.

As part of the partnership, VirusTotal's threat intelligence database and Code Insight capability tool will conduct automatic scans on all skills published to ClawHub to address a basic security issue that is specific to artificial intelligence agents. Malicious skills will be instantly prevented from download, and content that is deemed suspect will be labeled with warnings. The ClawHub platform automatically computes a SHA-256 hash and bundles the code into a deterministic package when developers post skills to the site. For threat intelligence, this fingerprint is compared to VirusTotal's database. The entire bundle is uploaded for scanning if no analysis is found.

With the help of Gemini, VirusTotal's Code Insight feature analyzes the full skill package from a security perspective, looking at the real function of the code rather than just matching signatures. "Security is defense in depth," the companies said.