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"Having a CS degree" (or equiv. experience) is basically baseline knowledge floor for hacking. It's not possible to get someone with 0 computer skills in May 20
by dj_mc_merlin 4y ago
"Having a CS degree" (or equiv. experience) is basically baseline knowledge floor for hacking. It's not possible to get someone with 0 computer skills in May 2021, and have them cracking bounties by 2022.
- WelcomeShorty 4y agoOne of our most prolific bug bounty hunters did exactly that. And what is even more impressive / exotic is how he finds the bugs. With "just" a browser and very little Burping. Anecdotical, but it happens.
- groffee 4y agoHonestly that sounds more like a problem with your code base rather than any exceptional skill.
- WelcomeShorty 4y agoHosting multiple 100's of internally build complex services tends to enlarge the attack space quite drastically. Where I agree most bugs are self inflicted, there are plenty found in acquired software too.
- samstave 4y agoWhere may I read more about said person
- WelcomeShorty 4y agoI am not at liberty to dox him :) Asked him but he pervers his relative anonymity.
- InfoSecErik 4y agoFlat out untrue, I know a friend who started in the field out of high school and was getting DA in places before he could even drink. EDIT: My bad, misread your comment.