Bug Bounty Arsenal

BugCrowd Chat

10k+ members — HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti discussion

The Bug Bounty Hunter

46k+ subscribers — writeups, tips, resources

Bug Bounty Channel

15k+ subscribers — all bug bounties here

Bug Bounty Resources

Tips, zines, writeups, cheatsheets, mindmaps

r/bugbounty

81k+ members — write-ups, tools, news, mentorship

r/AskNetsec

Career advice and technical questions

r/netsec

Network security research and news

Hack The Box

Hands-on penetration testing labs and challenges

TryHackMe

Guided learning platform with structured bug bounty paths

OverTheWire Wargames

Hands-on Linux and networking fundamentals via progressive levels

OWASP Juice Shop

Intentionally insecure web application for practice

PentesterLab

Web penetration testing exercises and bootcamps

Wraith Academy

Free AI pentesting challenges — LLM security

Jason Haddix — Bug Hunter's Methodology

Recon-first bounty methodology — breadth before deep testing

Bug Bounty Roadmap 2027 — Smart AI Hunting

AI-era framing: think yourself, automate recon/reports — not lazy scope dumps

InsiderPhD YouTube

Bug bounty tutorials for beginners

Nahamsec YouTube

Bug bounty tips, interviews, and live recon

STÖK YouTube

Bug bounty hunting and hacker interviews

The Cyber Mentor

Practical ethical hacking and pentesting courses

PortSwigger Web Security Academy

Free, lab-based training for every vulnerability class

Practical Bug Bounty

TCM Security + Intigriti comprehensive course

Intigriti Dojo

Free structured lessons for bug bounty beginners

Linux Journey

Free Linux fundamentals — comfort with the hunter toolkit OS

YesWeHack Dojo

Free European platform lessons and challenges

Bugcrowd

400+ programs, fast triage, managed services

HackerOne

Largest platform — 600+ programs, top brands

Intigriti

EU-based, beginner-friendly, 250+ programs

YesWeHack

French platform, government & regulated sectors

Immunefi

Web3 & DeFi — highest payouts (up to $10M+)

HackenProof

Web2 and Web3 programs, crypto-focused

Disclose.io Directory

Community list of all bug bounty platforms globally

Open Bug Bounty

Responsible disclosure platform, no guaranteed payout

Synack

Invite-only, vetted researchers, enterprise & gov

Burp Suite

Industry-standard web security testing proxy

OWASP ZAP

Free web app security scanner and proxy

Nuclei

Template-based vulnerability scanner

Subfinder

Fast passive subdomain enumeration

Amass

OWASP deep asset discovery and mapping

httpx

Fast HTTP probe to find live hosts

Arjun

HTTP parameter discovery suite

Feroxbuster

Fast content discovery with recursion

ffuf

Fast web fuzzer written in Go

Dalfox

Powerful XSS scanner and parameter analysis

SQLmap

Automated SQL injection detection and exploitation

GitLeaks

Scan git repos for secrets

Katana

Fast web crawling framework

OWASP Top 10

Top 10 web application security risks

OWASP API Security Top 10

Top 10 API security risks

OWASP GenAI Security Project

LLM Top 10 for AI/GenAI security testing

PayloadsAllTheThings

Comprehensive payload and bypass lists

PortSwigger XSS Cheat Sheet

Browser-specific XSS vectors and bypass techniques

Bug Bounty Hunting Methodology 2026

Community-driven full methodology with 100+ tools

HackTricks

Comprehensive pentesting wiki and cheat sheets

SecLists

The ultimate security testing wordlist collection

HackerOne Hacktivity

Public disclosed bug reports and write-ups

InfoSec Write-ups

Medium publication for security write-ups

Pentester.land

Bug bounty write-ups and tips

PortSwigger Research Blog

Cutting-edge web security research

Project Zero

Google's 0-day research team blog

Real-World Bug Hunting

Practical guide built around real disclosed bugs

Bug Bounty Bootcamp

Hands-on guide to finding and reporting bugs

The Web Application Hacker's Handbook

Foundational web security deep dive

The Hacker Playbook 3

Practical red team tactics and tools

DEF CON

Largest hacker conference, Las Vegas

Black Hat

Premier security conference series

BSides

Community-driven security events worldwide

h1-702

HackerOne live hacking events with bounties