We’re building the world’s first exploit feed

powered by the largest and most open marketplace for zero-day research

Our mission is to democratize vulnerability research by delivering exploit data before it’s weaponized—actionable, timely, and ready to deploy.

Our Team

The Desired Effect team brings decades of hands-on experience in the research community, covering every phase of computer network operations:

Vulnerability Research - discovering high-value exploits
Vetting - verifying source integrity and technical validity
Acquisition - protecting the interests of both buyer and seller
Curation - matching exploit intelligence to mission needs
Deployment - putting operationally-appropriate exploits into action

Evan Dornbush, Founder

Evan Dornbush worked as a Computer Network Operator for the National Security Agency. With six colleagues he left to build Vulnerability Research Labs (acquired 2010). He co-founded Point3 Sec and P3F (acquired 2021). Throughout this experience Evan has been managing sales and customer relationships related to the research, development, and acquisition of offensive cyber capabilities.

Our Story

Desired Effect was built in response to a broken system.

Too often, groundbreaking research is weaponized by attackers, leaving defenders three steps behind. The gap between discovery and defense has only grown wider, putting everyone at risk.

Join Us

The Desired Effect Exploit Feed delivers critical insight to defenders before attacks begin.

The Desired Effect Marketplace ensures researchers are fairly compensated, in a secure environment where they set the terms

Weaponized exploits are increasing in both volume and potency, fueling a surge in ransomware attacks, now happening every 11 seconds. The tools defenders rely on today can’t keep up.

Bug bounty programs and corporate VDPs tilt the power dynamic entirely toward buyers. Researchers, frustrated by low payouts and heavy NDAs, often turn to underground markets instead.

Known threat lists are a graveyard of already-weaponized exploits and likely already sit inside of corporate systems today.

Modern cybersecurity software leaves defenders exposed. Threat intel feeds, SIEMs, and XDR platforms overwhelm teams with noise—too much data, too many false positives, and too old to matter.

powered by the largest and most open marketplace for zero-day research

The Desired Effect team brings decades of hands-on experience in the research community, covering every phase of computer network operations:

Evan Dornbush, Founder

Desired Effect was built in response to a broken system.

We set out to close the gap

Desired Effect flips the script.