methodology
Beginner level
5HackerOne vs Bugcrowd vs YesWeHack vs Intigriti — practical 2026 comparison
Real differences between the 4 bug bounty platforms: payout speed, triage quality, reputation system, public vs private programs and where the money is.
Burp Suite — setup from scratch for bug bounty (Community + Professional)
Installation, proxy + CA cert setup, target scope, essential extensions and workflow to start hunting with Burp Suite today.
How to write a bug bounty report that gets accepted — structure and common mistakes
The ideal structure of a bug bounty report: title, summary, impact, steps to reproduce, PoC, remediation. The 10 mistakes that get your report rejected.
Complete recon — subdomains, fingerprinting, ASN and origin IPs
A practical recon methodology for bug bounty: passive/active subdomain enumeration, fingerprinting, ASN mapping, origin IPs to bypass the WAF and git history mining.
Services checklist — first touch on any target (SSH, FTP, SMB, NFS, Redis, Mongo, RDP)
A practical first-enumeration checklist for the 15 most common services in pentesting: ports, default credentials, typical exploits and misconfigurations.
Intermediate level
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