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Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

By : Joe Marshall, Himanshu Sharma
Book Image

Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

By: Joe Marshall, Himanshu Sharma

Overview of this book

Bug bounties have quickly become a critical part of the security economy. This book shows you how technical professionals with an interest in security can begin productively—and profitably—participating in bug bounty programs. You will learn about SQli, NoSQLi, XSS, XXE, and other forms of code injection. You’ll see how to create CSRF PoC HTML snippets, how to discover hidden content (and what to do with it once it’s found), and how to create the tools for automated pentesting work?ows. Then, you’ll format all of this information within the context of a bug report that will have the greatest chance of earning you cash. With detailed walkthroughs that cover discovering, testing, and reporting vulnerabilities, this book is ideal for aspiring security professionals. You should come away from this work with the skills you need to not only find the bugs you're looking for, but also the best bug bounty programs to participate in, and how to grow your skills moving forward in freelance security research.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Chapter 10

  1. RCE stands for Remote Code Execution.
  2. Links to OWASP or other respected security organization pages about your specific variety of bug can help everyone involved in vetting the vulnerability get on the same page.
  3. Every bug report submission should absolutely contain the type of vulnerability, a description, timestamp, attack scenario, and steps to reproduce, at minimum.
  4. The VRT is a set of standards created by Bugcrowd to foster a common understanding of vulnerability severity for researchers, developers, and other security stakeholders. CVSS is a similar, compatible system.
  5. If an internal team can't reproduce your issue, they can't be certain of its severity and impact.
  6. Well-written attack scenarios are specific, technically-informed, documented, and realistic. They convey the gravity of the situation without overreaching.
  7. HackerOne's Hacktivity section...