Aikido Security Targets Developer Devices With New Endpoint Protection Tool

New updates have been reported about Aikido Security.

Aikido Security has introduced Aikido Endpoint, a lightweight agent designed to harden developer workstations against software supply chain attacks by screening and blocking risky packages, IDE extensions, browser add-ons, and AI tools before installation. The product directly addresses a sharp escalation in attacks on developer devices, highlighted by recent compromises involving TeamPCP’s chained breaches of Trivy, Checkmarx KICS, LiteLLM, and Telnyx, and the separate hijack of Axios, a core JavaScript HTTP client with massive usage.

Endpoint leverages Aikido Intel, which now flags more than 100,000 malicious open-source packages per day versus about 20,000 a year earlier, and applies protective policies such as blocking any package published within the last 48 hours, when detection coverage is weakest. Built on the firm’s Safe Chain open-source firewall, Endpoint extends protection across npm, PyPI, Maven, NuGet, VS Code, browsers, and AI agent marketplaces, and is deployed via existing MDM tooling with enterprise governance and approval workflows, positioning Aikido to capture spend from security-conscious engineering organizations as AI-driven coding agents expand the attack surface on developer machines.