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Bug Bounty Hunting Essentials

You're reading from   Bug Bounty Hunting Essentials Quick-paced guide to help white-hat hackers get through bug bounty programs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788626897
Length 270 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shahmeer Amir Shahmeer Amir
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Shahmeer Amir
Carlos A. Lozano Carlos A. Lozano
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Basics of Bug Bounty Hunting 2. How to Write a Bug Bounty Report FREE CHAPTER 3. SQL Injection Vulnerabilities 4. Cross-Site Request Forgery 5. Application Logic Vulnerabilities 6. Cross-Site Scripting Attacks 7. SQL Injection 8. Open Redirect Vulnerabilities 9. Sub-Domain Takeovers 10. XML External Entity Vulnerability 11. Template Injection 12. Top Bug Bounty Hunting Tools 13. Top Learning Resources 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about the basics of bug bounty hunting, including the concepts of different aspects of a bug bounty program. We learned how you should engage with a bug bounty program and the platforms that you should engage with. We learned the difference between public and private bug bounty programs and about bug bounty hunter statistics.

We learned about a formulated methodology to hunt in bug bounty programs and a roadmap on how to become a bug bounty hunter, including some rules and pointers on how to work on and with bug bounty programs. This chapter is essential as it provides a basis for the chapters to come in the future. It is crucial that you go through this chapter more than once to learn deeply about what it has to say.

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