How to get started in bug bounty?

How to get started in bug bounty?

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Well are you interested in bug bounty or bug hunting but the only question which bothers you is how to get started in bug bounty? Don’t worry i will help you out!

What is bug bounty?

In simple words bug bounty is all about finding bugs and vulnerabilities in a system like (os, softwares, websites, etc) and after finding a bug the ethical hacker report it to the company and then, based on how big that bug was that ethical hacker get paid

What knowledge is required for bug bounty? (Minimum)Basics networkingLinux skillsKnowledge of hacking tools in depthKnowledge of programming languages like python, c, c++, java etcCryptographyDatabase skillsDepth knowledge about bugs and vulnerabilities

(Anything above this is just great)

How to get started in bug bounty?

Now you might be wondering? How to get started in bug bounty? Don’t worry I got you!

Read books

In bug bounty or in cyber security reading books can be really helpful and knowledgeable

The web application hackers handbook 2 :- This book explains each and every bug in detail like how to find bugs like in a e-commerce application, and on other applications, it will help you understand that to find bugs and then how to exploit bugs step by step (highly recommended for begginers)

Penetration Testing by Georgia Weidman :- Not for bug bounty but the most popular and best book every beginner should read it’s covers all the hacking topics and it’s also touches some advanced topics

Web hacker 101 :- The best book to learn bug bounty from, this book also teaches about bugs and it also give detailed info about bugs

Where to practice bug bounty?

Port swigger labs

Port swigger labs are one the best resources to practice bug bounty and not only that port swigger labs first give you detailed info about a particular bug you want to practice and then, they give you labs to practice that bug

Owasp juice shop

One of the best resources to practice about bugs, And still the best place to practice your hacking skills

The end

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