Bug Bounty Hunting

Recon, validation, professional reports.

Program rules, responsible disclosure, asset discovery, hunting workflows, validation, CVSS, and report writing — never against out-of-scope targets.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 8 weeks
Modules: 3 modules · 20 lessons
Learning method: Lessons + labs

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What you will learn

Parse program scope correctly
Run structured recon on in-scope assets only
Validate findings without noisy automation abuse
Write program-ready reports

Course curriculum

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Module 1

Program foundations

Rules, disclosure, researcher ethics.

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Lessons

1. Bug Bounty Fundamentalspreview~20 min
2. Understanding Bug Bounty Programs~20 min
3. Responsible Disclosure~20 min

Module labs

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Module 2

Recon & discovery

Assets, subdomains, content, parameters.

0/6 lessons

Lessons

1. Reconnaissance Methodologies~20 min
2. Asset Discovery~20 min
3. Subdomain Enumeration~20 min
4. Content Discovery~20 min
5. Endpoint Discovery~20 min
6. Parameter Discovery~20 min

Module labs

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Module 3

Hunting & reporting

Authz, APIs, XSS/SSRF/IDOR, validation, CVSS, case studies.

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Lessons

1. Authentication Testing~20 min
2. Authorization Testing~20 min
3. API Vulnerability Hunting~20 min
4. XSS Hunting~20 min
5. SSRF Hunting~20 min
6. IDOR Hunting~20 min
7. Business Logic Testing~20 min
8. Vulnerability Validation~20 min
9. Writing Professional Bug Reports~20 min
10. Understanding CVSS~20 min
11. Real-World Case Studies~20 min

Module labs

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OSINT in this course

Open-source intelligence is taught here — not only under Resources. Use authorized, public sources; no doxing or harassment; document sources and timestamps.

Search techniques — Dorks, archives, and structured queries without intrusive scanning.

Full OSINT center → · Investigation playbook

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Labs · Quizzes · Certificate

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Course labs

11 assigned labs · free with this course enrol

API Bearer vs API KeyUnlock via course or plan
OAuth Redirect URI TrapUnlock via course or plan
OAuth 2.0 & OpenID ConnectUnlock via course or plan
JWT AuthenticationUnlock via course or plan
CORS + CredentialsUnlock via course or plan
Race on Balance CheckUnlock via course or plan
Weak CSP Script PolicyUnlock via course or plan
GraphQL Introspection RiskUnlock via course or plan

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Track quiz

109 questions matched to this course topics

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