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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)

Example Submission Reports – Where to Look

We've written a sample report for each vulnerability we've discussed and used a few examples in this chapter to illustrate certain points. Hopefully, this has given you a firm foundation regarding what a report needs and how to write it.

But one of the best ways to learn to do anything is to model your practice after other successful researchers and to see their expertise in action rather than accept it as received wisdom. Read enough successful reports (that have earned a reward) and you begin to see the themes connecting them, and the practices underpinning those researchers' successful careers. Here are a few resources for seeing those examples—battle-tested reports that have won their authors acclaim and awards.