New infosec products of the week: September 18, 2026
Help Net Security rounds up the week's security product launches from Akuity, Bitsight, Cohesity, Dataminr, Nozomi Networks, and Tuskira.
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WordPress Uses AI to Stop Malicious Plugin Updates Before They Reach Millions of Websites
WordPress.org now auto-blocks plugin updates flagged by AI review after a backdoor incident, adding a supply-chain gate for millions of sites.
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Package Manager Trends
Sixteen-week roundup finds package managers converging on release-age cooldowns, install-script blocking, malware scans, and recurring path-traversal and credential-leak fixes.
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Introducing the CyberAgents Exchange AI Inspector: Rigorous review for community-built AI
Tenable and OpenAI launch the CyberAgents Exchange AI Inspector to security-review community-submitted AI agents, MCP servers, and skills using GPT Cyber models.
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Supply Chain Attacks in 2026: Why Threat Intelligence Is the Only Early Warning System That Works
Cyble argues supply chain attacks are a primary breach vector, citing Verizon DBIR third-party figures and CISA SBOM guidance to pitch its TPRM platform.
Trump Targets Foreign Technology in New U.S. Power Grid Security Order
Trump's Executive Order 14420 declares a national emergency to restrict foreign-made bulk-power grid equipment over cyber, sabotage and supply-chain risks.
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White House bans foreign-made equipment for power generation over cyber backdoor concerns
Trump executive order bans acquisition of foreign-made bulk-power system equipment over cyber backdoor and supply-chain concerns for US electricity infrastructure.
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OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it.
GitHub profiles OpenClaw, its fastest-growing project ever, as maintainers including Peter Steinberger discuss building and securing it.
What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era
GitHub's Secure Open Source Fund Session 4 improved security across 50 open source projects using AI-assisted workflows, tooling, and funding.