Posts tagged with "bug-bounty"

Reality Check: Bug Bounty Isn't Easy Money

Bug bounty only pays when someone agrees with you. A pentester on dupes, downgrades, a P4 SSRF that became a P1, and where the rules really draw the line.

Flat illustration of a desk at night with a laptop showing a bug inside an orange targeting crosshair, a small toy sports car, a few coins, and a coffee mug.

Hacking My Way to a Porsche: A Bug Bounty Guide

A pentester's return to bug bounty with one goal: make it pay for a Porsche. My first $750 bug, plus a hub for hunters: setup, recon, and AI guides.

Illustrated bug bounty workstation scene with cloud icons labeled Hetzner and DigitalOcean, a fleet of small servers, a code assistant, and a proxy route shielding a home IP.

2026 Bug Bounty Setup - Setting up a solid foundation

Build a practical 2026 bug bounty environment with Hetzner, Axiom fleets, Claude Code workflows, residential proxies, and cost-aware recon.