Harsh Kumar

Day 1: Introduction to Bug Bounty Hunting

• Overview
• Introduction to bug bounty hunting
• Understanding the bug bounty ecosystem
• Tools of the trade
• Activities
• Explanation of common terminologies (e.g., vulnerabilities, CVE, CWE)
• Setting up the environment (installing necessary tools like Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP)
• Understanding the scope and rules of engagement
• Study Materials
• "Web Hacking 101" by Peter Yaworski
• OWASP Top 10 Documentation
• Labs
• Web Security Academy: Introductory Labs
• Hack The Box: Starting Point

Day 2: Information Gathering and Reconnaissance

• Overview
• Importance of reconnaissance
• Techniques for information gathering
• Activities
• Passive reconnaissance: using Google Dorking, WHOIS lookup
• Active reconnaissance: using tools like Nmap, Nikto, and Shodan
• Identifying subdomains using tools like Sublist3r, Amass
• Study Materials
• "The Web Application Hacker's Handbook" by Dafydd Stuttard and Marcus Pinto (Chapter on Reconnaissance)
• Labs
• TryHackMe: Introduction to Reconnaissance
• Practical exercises on finding subdomains and open ports
• Live Hunting
• Perform detailed reconnaissance on a chosen target
• Identify subdomains, open ports, and services
• Document findings and report on the day's progress

Day 3: Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation (Part 1)

• Overview
• Discovering common web vulnerabilities
• Exploitation techniques
• Activities
• Low fruit hanging Vulnerabilities
• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): types of XSS, finding, and exploiting them
• CSRF: and CORS understanding and exploiting CSRF and CORS vulnerabilities
• Study Materials
• OWASP Testing Guide: SQL Injection and XSS
• PortSwigger's Web Security Academy: SQLi and XSS sections
• Labs
• Web Security Academy: SQL Injection Labs
• XSS Game by Google
• Live Hunting
• Test for Injection and XSS on the chosen target
• Attempt to find and exploit CSRF vulnerabilities
• Document findings and report on the day's progress

Day 4: Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation (Part 2)

• Overview
• Advanced vulnerability discovery
• Exploiting complex vulnerabilities
• Activities
• SSRF
• Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
• Response Manipulation
• Study Materials
• OWASP Testing Guide: SSRF, IDOR, and Response Manipulation
• Bugcrowd University: Advanced Web Hacking
• Labs
• Hack The Box: Intermediate Labs
• Web Security Academy: RCE and IDOR Labs
• Live Hunting
• Test for IDOR on the chosen target
• Identify and exploit vulnerabilities
• Document findings and report on the day's progress

Day 5: Reporting and Live Exploits

• Overview
• Writing effective bug reports
• Ethics and responsible disclosure
• Live exploit session
• Activities
• Structuring a bug report: proof of concept (PoC), impact analysis, remediation steps
• Understanding the responsible disclosure process
• Live exploit demonstration: putting it all together in a real-world scenario
• Study Materials
• Bugcrowd's Vulnerability Rating Taxonomy (VRT)
• "Real-World Bug Hunting" by Peter Yaworski
• Labs
• Practical exercise: writing a sample bug report
• Live exploit on a deliberately vulnerable application (e.g., DVWA)

By the end of this 5-day journey, participants will have gained a solid understanding of both basic and intermediate aspects of bug bounty hunting, equipped with practical skills, resources, and real-world experience through daily live hunting sessions.