Bug Bounty Reports Discussed Bug bounty tools that actually land bugs with Arthur Aires
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Jun 10, 2025 In this conversation, Arthur Aires, a part-time bug bounty hunter and cybersecurity expert from Brazil, shares his unique approach that blends manual hacking with automation tools. He discusses balancing a full-time job with bug hunting and the significance of using Burp extensions and extensive fuzzing techniques. Arthur dives into optimizing tools with cloud solutions, tackles common vulnerabilities like XSS and SQL injection, and highlights the power of teamwork at live hacking events to boost success in finding bugs.
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Automate Recon, Not Exploits
- Use automation only for recon and scope updates, not for exploitation.
- Receive scope updates via Telegram to spot new targets quickly and stay efficient.
Fuzz Smart, Start Slow
- Use extensive fuzzing with large wordlists on paths and parameters to find vulnerabilities.
- Start with low thread fuzzing to avoid crashing applications and gradually recurse deeper.
Leverage Gap Extension for Fuzzing
- Use the Gap Burp extension to extract parameters from navigation history for better fuzzing.
- Add generated wordlists from Gap to your main fuzzing wordlists for improved coverage.