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Ryan Dewhurst

Security researcher, founder and CEO of Previdian, a firm that runs honeypots to track exploitation of new vulnerabilities; known for WordPress security work.

Current stories

securityOne report1 publisher

Langflow's CVSS 9.9 MCP flaw has drawn 1,423 honeypot exploit attempts from 27 IPs

Attackers made 1,423 attempts against Previdian honeypots since September 19 to exploit Langflow CVE-2026-105740 (CVSS 9.9, versions before 1.9.0). In one sequence they got the required login with a common username and password, Previdian said.

Reality

Evidence65
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−5
Incentives40
Confidence65
securityConfirmed6 publishers

Attackers hit Atlassian's CVE-2026-21589 two hours after watchTowr published the technique

Previdian recorded exploitation attempts against Atlassian's CVE-2026-21589 within two hours of watchTowr publishing the arbitrary file access technique. The CVSS 9.3 flaw lets an unauthenticated attacker read specific webroot files across eight Data Center products.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 27%
Operator
Operator 67%
Investor
Investor 6%

Reality

Evidence78
Adoption30
Hype gap+15
Incentives45
Confidence70
buildOne report1 publisher

One shared library spreads a 9.3 file-read flaw across all eight Atlassian Data Center products

Atlassian disclosed CVE-2026-21589, a 9.3-rated unauthenticated file-read flaw affecting all eight of its self-hosted Data Center products. A public proof of concept drew exploitation attempts within two hours of landing on 7 October.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−5
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
securityConfirmed4 publishers

A CVSS 10.0 Cisco FMC bypass tops the four flaws CISA moved into KEV

CISA says all four are under active exploitation, and three of them are unauthenticated flaws in edge and management appliances. Its own alert cites BOD 26-04 and prints no due date for any of them.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 14%
Operator
Operator 80%
Investor
Investor 6%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence70
securityOne report1 publisher

Exploit attempts for WordPress CVE-2026-87902 began the same day its patch shipped

The flaw reaches code execution only where the active theme has a top-level directory starting with page- and a readable local .php file such as pearcmd.php sits on the server. Previdian has logged 68 attempts.

Reality

Evidence66
Adoption45
Hype gap+12
Incentives68
Confidence60
buildOne report1 publisher

Attacker PHP executes when Magento renders its failed-payment reminder email

Adobe shipped the out-of-band hotfix on September 8. Sansec dates exploitation to September 4, and that four-day gap is why the advisory pairs the patch with a required encryption-key rotation.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption35
Hype gap+15
Incentives65
Confidence55
securityOne report1 publisher

StyleSmuggler turns a Magento payment-reminder email into unauthenticated code execution

CVE-2026-75650 scores a flat 10.0 and was already in use on September 4. Adobe's hotfix comes paired with encryption key rotation, and Sansec's Rust backdoor findings matter more than the score does.

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption55
Hype gap+12
Incentives62
Confidence60
securityOne report1 publisher

Exploit attempts hit NetScaler's August auth bypass 15 days after Citrix shipped the fix

The mid-August Citrix advisory that many teams parked behind lower-risk work now has attack traffic behind it, and the appliances in scope are the ones fronting remote access. Role and firmware decide scope, not appliance count.

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption34
Hype gap+15
Incentives58
Confidence58