Becoming a Pro (Top 1%)
Bug Bounty & Real-World Practice
Legally test real companies and get paid for it.
Bug bounty programs let you legally test real production systems within published rules, and pay you per valid vulnerability. It's the best bridge from labs to the real world.
- Platforms: HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack.
- Always read the program's scope and rules first — staying in scope is everything.
- Start with recon and access-control/IDOR bugs — high volume, high success for beginners.
- Write clean reports (previous lesson) — quality reports get paid faster.