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DCShadow Attacks: Subverting Active Directory Replication for Stealthy Persistence
Technique that allows adversaries to manipulate directory data by simulating the behavior of a legitimate Doma … ⌘ Read more
Part 1: How to Become a Pentester in 2025: Free & Affordable Online Labs ⌘ Read more
Logic Flaw: Using Invitation Function to Block Other Accounts ⌘ Read more
Bug Chain: pre-auth takeover to permanent access. ⌘ Read more
How I was able to delete a production backend server in my first finding. ⌘ Read more
Business logic: I can order anything from your account without paying for it ⌘ Read more
OSINT Writeups — MIST Cyber Drill 2025 ⌘ Read more
** How Hackers Bypass Login Pages with SQL, Logic Flaws, and Headers **
Welcome to the underworld of cybersecurity! 🌐 In this blog, we dive deep into how hackers bypass login pages — the digital gatekeepers of…
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SameSite? SameMess: How I Bypassed Cookie Protections to Hijack Sessions ️♂️
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Master CRLF Injection: The Underrated Bug with Dangerous Potential
Learn how attackers exploit CRLF Injection to manipulate HTTP responses, hijack headers and unlock hidden vulnerabilities in modern web…
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Compress-a-thon — CSP Bypass via Redirection — Pentathon 2025
Compress-a-thon is a “web exploitation” challenge that was featured in Pentathon 2025 Finale Jeopardy CTF Round. This challenge involved…
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SSRF via PDF Generator? Yes, and It Led to EC2 Metadata Access
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Shadow Credentials in Active Directory: When the Exploit Doesn’t Work — Until It Does ⌘ Read more
**The Hidden Language: Exploiting GraphQL for Unauthorized Data Dump **
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Bug Hunting in JS Files: Tricks, Tools, and Real-World POCs
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Bug Bounty Race: Exploiting Race Conditions for Infinite Discounts ⌘ Read more
**Top 5 Easiest Bugs for Beginners in Bug Bounty **
Top 5 Easiest Bugs for Beginners in Bug Bounty 🐞
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$10,000 Bounty: HackerOne Report Comments Leak via “Export as .zip”
How a new export feature unintentionally exposed private discussions in limited disclosure reports
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Understanding Stealer Logs and Their Role in Security Testing: A Focus on Asset Discovery- Part 2 ⌘ Read more
Understanding Stealer Logs and Their Role in Security Testing — Part 1 ⌘ Read more
API Key Exposure in NASA GitHub Repository Leads to Unauthorized Access to Academic Data
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Subdomain Takeover: My $450 Win & How You Can Do It Too
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How I Found SSTI in a Search Bar ⌘ Read more
How Backups Can Break End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) ⌘ Read more
Hidden HackerOne & Bugcrowd Programs: How to Get Private Invites
“Private programs are where the real gold lies… but no one tells you how to get there. Let me break it down for you — with secrets most…
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** CSP? More Like Can’t Stop Payloads — Bypassing CSP to XSS Like a Pro**
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Tackling Conditional Blind SQLi Like a Pro: OSWE Prep Powered by Burp Suite ⌘ Read more
UUIDs: A False Sense Of Security
Hi Hunters, would you like to learn about a broken access control vulnerability that I discovered recently for a client.
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$50,000 Bounty: GitHub Access Token
How a hidden token in a desktop app could have compromised one of the world’s biggest e-commerce platforms
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️Recon Automation Like a Pro: My 5-Stage System to Catch More Bugs
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Top 10 Ways Hackers Exploit Web Applications (and How to Prevent Them)
Hackers don’t wait for big websites. They look for easy mistakes. Let’s fix them before they find yours.
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Open Redirect Vulnerability: What It Is and Why It Matters ⌘ Read more
Wazuh: The Free SIEM That Fights Like a Paid One ⌘ Read more
HACK-ERA CTF — Phase 1 Walkthrough ⌘ Read more
$840 Bounty: How I Stole OAuth Tokens from Twitter
A critical OAuth misconfiguration allowed stealing tokens with just a click
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Plug, Boot, Vanish: How I Turned a USB Stick into a Portable Privacy Fortress ⌘ Read more
Bug Hunting in JS Files: Tricks, Tools, and Real-World POCs
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Building a Secure Home Network in 2025: Practical Tips ⌘ Read more
A Guide to SQL Injection Attacks: Hackers Don’t Want You to Know This!
Imagine your website as a big toy box filled with treasures — like user info, passwords, or blog posts — and you’ve got a robot helper…
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Privilege Escalation with Docker Container ⌘ Read more
Tool Review — TraceWeb.io Extension ⌘ Read more
$100 Bounty: How a Spoofed Email Could Change Any Username on HackerOne
A simple email spoofing trick could let anyone hijack your HackerOne username and profile link
️♂️ Unlisted but Not Unseen: How I Found the Admin Panel in a JavaScript Comment
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Mastering Linux Part 3: A Beginner’s Guide to APT and YUM Package Management
A Beginner’s Guide to APT and YUM Package Management
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How to setup a Monthly Free VPS for Bug Hunting
In this article, I explained how to setup and use (GitHub CodeSpaces) for bug hunting
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Revisiting the Past, Hacking the Future
From Invalid Reports to Real Vulnerabilities: The Path to Growth in Hacking
Hackers Love Your APIs: How to Defend Against 2025’s Biggest API Threats ⌘ Read more
A Penetration Tester’s Journey
Part 4 of “Beginner to Master in Linux” — A Penetration Tester’s Journey
AI Agents Unleashed: The Rise of Autonomous Systems Transforming Industries
The emergence of AI agents signifies a transformative shift in generative AI, evolving from simple chatbots to sophisticated … ⌘ Read more
Is Your App Protected? The Branch API Vulnerability You Need to Know About
$fallback_url is a helpful feature in Branch’s deep linking system — until someone uses it to redirect your users to phishing … ⌘ Read more
A Must-Have Tool for Bug Hunters: Find Open Redirect Vulnerabilities on Linux
Automate open redirection detection, save hours of manual testing, and level up your bug bounty recon game.
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**Query Confusion: How HTTP Parameter Pollution Made the App Spill Secrets **
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Securing Apache2 + PHP: Practical guide for safer web hosting
A practical security checklist to harden your Apache2 + PHP stack and protect your web applications from common vulnerabilities.
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$2,900 Bounty: Public S3 Bucket Exposure in Shopify
How a Simple S3 Misconfiguration Exposed Private Images Across Shopify Stores and Earned a $2,900 Bounty
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2025 Mobile App Pentesting Guide: Tools, Techniques & Real-World Examples ⌘ Read more
Beyond Alert Boxes: Exploiting DOM XSS for Full Account Takeover
Hello Hunters, as you all know, XSS is one of the most common web vulnerabilities, often underestimated but capable of causing severe…
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Hack Any Mobile Phone Remotely
Ethically — but note — this used to work great with phone under android 10
Containers vs Virtual Machines: Key Differences, Benefits, and Use Cases Explained
Discover the difference between containers and virtual machines, their benefits, and use cases to make smarter inf … ⌘ Read more
Threat Profiling 101: How to Create a Threat Profile
Learn how to create effective threat profiles to identify and prioritize relevant cyber threats for your organization.
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The Ultimate Guide to Cyber Threat Actors: Exploring Hackers, Hacktivists, and Their Tactics
How can we understand the impact of hackers and hacktivists on global cyberse … ⌘ Read more
$1000 Bounty: Account Takeover via Host Header Injection in Password Reset Flow
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** Bypassing Regex Validations to Achieve RCE: A Wild Bug Story**
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$750 Bounty: Sensitive Data Exposure
When Deep Links Go Deeply Wrong: The Zomato Insecure WebView Story
** I Slashed My Spring Boot Startup Time to 1.8**
When people complain about Spring Boot being slow, it’s not entirely wrong — but it’s often misunderstood. Out of the box, Spring Boot is…
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Stored XSS Led to OAuth App Credential Theft and Info Disclosure
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Bug Hunting for Real: Tools, Tactics, and Truths No One Talks About
Let’s Skip the “Sign Up on HackerOne” Talk
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Equifax Breach: How a $700M Mistake Happened
When Trust Crumbled: The Human Toll of a Single Unpatched Server
Secure your Python applications: Best practices for developers
Practical security tips every Python developer should know — from dependency safety to protecting against injection attacks and securing…
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** DevSecOps Phase 3: Build Stage — CI/CD Security Gate with SAST + SCA** ⌘ Read more
Modest Payouts, Major Payoff: 4 IDORs That Netted $12K ⌘ Read more
The Ultimate Guide to Email Input Field Vulnerability Testing
Real-world methods and payloads for testing email field security
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$800 Bounty: Account Takeover in Shopify
A Simple Trick to Steal Creator Accounts? $800 Bounty for Account Takeover
“Low on Space in Kali Linux? Here’s How I Fixed It and Freed Up GBs”
“I was in the middle of a pentesting session when Kali refused to cooperate.”
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This Simple Domain Hack Is Fooling Millions: Don’t Be Next!
Cybercriminals are using lookalike URLs powered by Punycode to mimic trusted sites and steal your data.
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** DevSecOps Phase 2: Code & Commit Stage — Harden the Developer Workflow** ⌘ Read more
** DevSecOps Phase 1: Planning & Security Requirements Engineering** ⌘ Read more
$3750 Bounty: Account Creation with Invalid Email Addresses
How a Simple Email Validation Flaw Earned a $3,750 Bounty
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How To Set Up Your Ultimate OOB Bug-Hunting Server
Having your own hacking server is one of the most important investments you can make in your bug bounty journey.
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** How I Found Internal Dashboards Using Google Dorks + OSINT**
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Beyond the Click: Writing Introductions That Keep Readers Glued to the Page
Got the click? Now keep them reading! Discover the powerful introduction writing secrets top Medium writers use to hook read … ⌘ Read more
** AI-Powered Mystery Box Scams** ⌘ Read more
DORA Has Entered the Chat: EU’s New Cyber Rulebook Reshaping Financial Security ⌘ Read more
Exploiting File Inclusion: From Dot-Dot-Slash to RCE using PHP Sessions, Log Poisoning, and…
Advanced File Inclusion Exploits: Sessions, Log Poisoning & Wrapper Chaining.
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**IDOR Attacks Made Simple: How Hackers Access Unauthorized Data **
IDOR Attacks Made Simple: How Hackers Access Unauthorized Data 🔐
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9 Sources of Security & Privacy Threats in LLM Agents ⌘ Read more
Why You Can’t Stop Online Scams (Fast Flux Secrets Revealed)
Learn How Fast Flux Helps Cybercriminals Avoid Detection and Keep Their Scams Online
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** Payloads in Plain Sight: How Open Redirect + JavaScript Led to Full Account Takeover **
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Active Storage’s Big Mistake: A $4,323 Lesson in Session Security
How to Install and Deploy Applications on Apache Tomcat Complete Guide
Learn how to install Apache Tomcat on CentOS, explore its directory structure, deploy Java web apps, and optimize your production setup…
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