The Vulnerabulletin Issue #7

Welcome to issue #7 of The Vulnerabulletin — your monthly guide through the cybersec chaos! We're ladling out piping hot research, tasty news tidbits, and as always a meme that made even our most hardened security pros type 'heh'.

This month we're getting into all things attack surface: findings from our 2026 ASM Index show what teams are exposing that they really shouldn't be. CEO Chris stopped by Techstrong TV at KB4-CON to discuss how security is evolving as AI accelerates vulnerability discovery. We're weighing in on the role AI can play in the modern defender's toolkit. Plus everything else in cyber that's had us spamming Slack and talking over each other in the office this past month.

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Everything on the internet is a target 🔎

Does this really need to go on the internet? is no longer just a question for your Nan's Minion memes — it's a question for your attack surface as well.

AI can now autonomously find zero-days, and time-to-exploit has shrunk to a single day, making the parts of your attack surface that are unnecessarily exposed to the internet instant targets the moment a new CVE drops.

We analyzed 3,000 attack surfaces to see how bad it really is: 60% of organizations have at least one HTTP panel exposed, 1 in 4 have a MySQL database exposed, and midmarket companies are taking up to 56 days to remove issues once found — a dangerous window.

Our 2026 Attack Surface Management Index breaks down the top 10 exposures we found and benchmarks by industry and organization size.

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Time to upgrade your toolkit 🛠️

Vulnerability volumes have nearly doubled in the last two years and the annual pentest was already struggling to keep up before AI entered the picture. We break down where AI fits into the modern defender's toolkit, how it's closing the gap between scanning and pentesting, and what a world of continuous, on-demand security testing actually looks like.

Lights, camera, attack surface 🎬

Our Founder & CEO Chris stopped by Techstrong TV at KB4-CON 2026 last week to talk about how AI is reshaping attack surface management.

Watch below to also learn how Intruder's own AI solution has been uncovering critical vulns that multiple penetration tests missed.

The Vulnerabulletin Board 📌

What our security team has been reading (and meme-ing) this month...

🙃  AI is the new brainrot for Software Devs (404 Media) - For many devs, AI coding isn't just changing their work — some say it's making them worse at it (and dumber) in the process.

🌍  Making the move to value-based infrastructure (Monokai) - A fascinating look at how one creative studio is prioritizing control over convenience to strengthen their digital sovereignty.

🐞  Does AI mean the death of bug bounties? (Shubs) - Uber's #1 bug bounty hacker discusses how an influx of AI-assisted submissions (read: slop) is destroying the practice for hackers and tech companies alike.

🏆 Our meme of the month:

What's new in Intruder 💡

🤖  AI Pentesting: That's right, it's the big one. The depth of a pentest, on-demand and at a fraction of the cost. This first of several releases covers multiple issue types including injection, client-side attacks and information disclosure — all with full receipts.

💡  Coming soon for Vanta users: Live issues and occurrences will flow straight into Vanta. Say goodbye to stale PDF reports and hello to real-time compliance.

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