A beginner's journey from self-doubt and endless overthinking to taking action and conducting my first real web security investigation.Continue reading on Medium » (https://medium.com/@bharanidharan.security/my-first-bug-bounty-a-beginners-web-security-investigation-3085094265a9?source=rss------bug_bounty-5)

How a Simple Wayback Search Revealed 44,000+ Exposed Job Applicant Emails
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A simple Wayback Machine recon uncovered archived pages exposing an estimated 44,560 job applicant emails, highlighting the risks of…Continue reading on OSINT Team » (https://osintteam.blog/how-a-simple-wayback-search-revealed-44-000-exposed-job-applicant-emails-c6c2c361985e?source=rss------bug_bounty-5)

Free Resources Every Broke College Student Can Use to Learn Hacking

No budget. No problem. Some of the best security professionals learned everything on free resources.Continue reading on Medium »
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My First Bug Bounty : A Beginner's Web Security Investigation

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How a Simple Wayback Search Revealed 44,000+ Exposed Job Applicant Emails

A simple Wayback Machine recon uncovered archived pages exposing an estimated 44,560 job applicant emails, highlighting the risks of…Continue reading on OSINT Team »
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{{7*7}} = 49: A Bug Hunter’s Guide to Server-Side Template Injection
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How “Hello, {name}” turns into remote code execution.Continue reading on OSINT Team » (https://osintteam.blog/7-7-49-a-bug-hunters-guide-to-server-side-template-injection-299cdcd6e259?source=rss------bug_bounty-5)

[IDOR] The Ones Everyone Walks Past — Turning id=124 Into Account Takeover

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My First Valid Bug: A Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) in Customer API

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From a Single WAF Bypass to 58,000+ Exposed Media Objects

A bug bounty case study in chaining overlooked misconfigurations into a full attack surfaceContinue reading on Medium »
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PortSwigger File Path Traversal Lab Solution, Simple Case

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Shadow AI: The Breach Nobody Approved, Signed Off On, or Even Saw Coming

A developer at a mid-sized fintech company pasted a chunk of proprietary source code into a free AI chatbot last spring, just to get a…Continue reading on Medium »
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Got My First $$ Bug Bounty

I finally got my first bug bounty.Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »
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How I Systematically Find SQL Injection Bugs in Bug Bounty Programs (Step-by-Step Method)

SQLi is decades old and still one of the highest-paying bug classes in 2026 — here’s the exact recon-to-report process that actually finds…Continue reading on Medium »
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Google can index far more than publicly intended webpages. During an authorized bug bounty assessment, search operators can help…Continue reading on Medium »
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One IDOR, Three Leaks, $3K in Payouts

A single access-control mistake across multiple sharing APIs turned into three accepted reports – and three payouts.Continue reading on Medium »
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