How Aikido Intel detects malware and vulnerabilities first

Aikido Intel is a real-time supply-chain intelligence feed that monitors millions of open-source package releases to detect malware and undisclosed vulnerabilities; the platform combines static rules, sandbox detonations, AI analysis, and human review to rapidly identify malicious packages (the team reports ~7.5M package versions analyzed in Q2 2026 and ~19,500 confirmed malicious packages), and has surfaced major npm campaigns such as Shai-Hulud and s1ngularity.