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Life & fun · February 17, 2015

I wrote a book about getting started pentesting (50% off for HN'ers)

A quick start tutorial to help you collect your first bug bounty.

I wrote a book about getting started pentesting (50% off for HN'ers) launched on February 17, 2015 with 8 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In order to test their security infrastructure, companies are increasingly turning to freelance security researchers to hunt for bugs - glitches in their systems with the potential to be exploited - and paying the ethical professionals who report them for removal. This quick guide is an attempt to get readers actively hunting for bugs on their own, on real websites - for real money - as soon as possible. With the direct explanations, walkthroughs, and code examples provided in this document, anyone with a smattering of understanding in web technologies can expect to begin productively (and profitably) hunting for security flaws. I am a developer, journalist, and freelance security…from leanpub.com

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