The Top 10 Attack Surface Exposures in 2026

Intruder's 2026 Attack Surface Management Index, reported by The Hacker News, analyzed 3,000 attack surfaces and found widespread internet-facing exposures: 60% had at least one HTTP admin panel, 26% exposed MySQL, 16% Postgres, 15% API documentation, 15% WordPress admin panels, and 11% exposed RDP; the report emphasizes that many of these risks stem from services that should never be publicly reachable and recommends prioritizing attack surface reduction in addition to patching.