Topic: Guest Blogs

Editor’s Note: Today I’d like to introduce you to Bugcrowd member Anshuman Bhartiya (anshuman_bh). As an information security professional as well as bug bounty researcher, Anshuman has helped improve the security of many organizations. He has submitted several P1 & P2 bugs leading to his high standing within the programs he is involved in. As an active member on our Bugcrowd forum he also contributes to the bug bounty researcher community. This blog is from one of his responses on the forum that he has allowed us to post here. We are thrilled to share his thoughts and experience on how to successfully approach a target. Thanks!

About the Author: Ben Sadeghipour has been participating in bug bounty programs since February of 2014. After his first few bugs, he came to realize that bug bounties are a great way to learn more about web application security as well as make some extra money while going to school – computer science major. Currently Ben is an intern at Bugcrowd and continues to do bug bounty research. You can see more of his work on nahamsec.com.

"This is not a girl's cup of tea. Are you crazy?” These are the lines I heard when I showed interest in bug bounty for the first time. Hacking, bug bounty... I never dreamt of it as I did not…

Best Practices for Quality Bug Hunting As bounty programs offer rewards on a first come first serve basis, bug hunters always seem to be in a hurry to unearth the findings as soon as they can. But before participating in…

It took to me a day to pen down this post as I’m atrocious in penmanship. Anyhow I do not want to ebb your time by expounding what an atrocious writer I am. I have penned down my experience with…

Shmoocon is one of those few security conferences that has been around for quite some time, each year selling out of tickets in record timing, and only allowing those with the quickest mouse clicks to obtain them. Luckily for Steve Breen…

Republished with permission from: http://planetzuda.com/2014/12/29/how-to-write-a-good-proof-of-concept-for-security-holes/ How To Write a Proof Of Concept For Security Holes December 29, 2014 by Planet Zuda   We find security bugs all the time and have to write proof of concepts. Unfortunately, we struggled with being able to…

by: John Stauffacher No lie, it took me eight nine tries to write this blog post. I offered to write a guest post about communicating vulnerabilities effectively to customers in December, but then faced writer’s block. I’m a professional security consultant and…

Osanda Malith wrote up this clever article on how he bypassed 3rd-degree profiles on LinkedIn. Learn more about Osanda and the exploit below. Check our his profile: https://bugcrowd.com/Osanda_Malith/ Blog: http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @OsandaMalith I was in the middle of submitting an assignment to my…