2021-06-30 09:07:31
Bug bounty guide
Identification and reporting of bugs and vulns in a responsible way.
All depends on interest and hardwork, not on degree, age, branch, college, etc.
What to study?
1. Internet, HTTP, TCP/IP
2. Networking
3. Command line
4. Linux
5. Web technologies, javascript, php, java
6. Atleast 1 prog language (Python/C/JAVA/Ruby..)
Choose your path (imp)
1. Web pentesting
2. Mobile pentesting
3. Desktop apps
Resources
1. Books
For web
1. Web app hackers handbook
2. Web hacking 101
3. Hacker's playbook 1,2,3
4. Hacking art of exploitation
5. Mastering modern web pen testing
6. OWASP Testing guide
For mobile
1. Mobile application hacker's handbook
Youtube channels
1. Hacking
1. Live Overflow
2. Hackersploit
3. Bugcrowd
4. Hak5
5. Hackerone
Programming
1. thenewboston
2. codeacademy
Writeups, Articles, blogs
1. Medium (infosec writeups)
2. Hackerone public reports
3. owasp.org
4. Portswigger
5. Reddit (Netsec)
6. DEFCON conference videos
7. Forums
Practice (imp)
Tools
1. Burpsuite
2. nmap
3. dirbuster
4. sublist3r
5. Netcat
Testing labs
1. DVWA
2. bWAPP
3. Vulnhub
4. Metasploitable
5. CTF365
6. Hack the box
Start!
Select a platform
1. Hackerone
2. Bugcrowd
3. Open bug bounty
4. Zerocopter
5. Antihack
6. Synack (private)
1. Choose wisely (first not for bounty)
2. Select a bug for hunt
3. Exhaustive search
4. Not straightforward always
REPORT:
5. Create a descriptive report
6. Follow responsible disclosure
7. Create POC and steps to reproduce
Words of wisdom
1. PATIENCE IS THE KEY, takes years to master, don't fall for overnight success
2. Do not expect someone will spoon feed you everything.
3. Confidence
4. Not always for bounty
5. Learn a lot
6. Won't find at the beginning, don't lose hope
7. Stay focused
8. Depend on yourself
9. Stay updated with infosec world
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