If you’re new to bug bounty, or just looking to up your game, look no further than ChatGPT.
When you’re starting out as a bug bounty hunter, it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. Ask ChatGPT to help you brainstorm ways to augment your abilities and save time at every stage.
Prompt:As a bug bounty hunter, list ways ChatGPT can save me time for recon, find a good program, learn technical skills, write reports which maximize rewards, understand program terms, create proofs of concept, and anything else that can help.
If you’re just starting out, it’s a good idea to target bug bounty programs that are easier to penetrate.
Prompt:List the top ten easiest bug bounty programs (specific company’s programs, not platforms) to start on based on: large scope, low rewards/competition, reputation, and anything else that makes them easier to get a vulnerability on.
To be competitive in bug bounty, you need to pick the program that’s the right fit for you. If you have a specialized skill set, ChatGPT can do the search for you.
Prompt:List the best bug bounty programs that involve reading PHP source code for vulnerabilities
When you’re working on a bug bounty program, it’s essential to understand the important parts of the program terms.
Prompt:Summarize <insert program>’s bug bounty program in 3 bullet points including scope, rewards, and out-of-scope. Make it concise.
To maximize your bug bounty rewards, it’s essential to explain what an attacker could do with the vulnerability.
Prompt:Explain the impact of what an attacker could do with a UUID IDOR vulnerability and any caveats for exploitation in 3 sentences as part of a bug bounty report and optimize for maximum reward.
Reading through disclosed reports is an excellent way to learn from other bug bounty hunters. ChatGPT can help you understand and summarize these reports.
Prompt:Summarize the exploit for the following bug bounty report in numbered bullets to a target audience of bug bounty hunters: <paste text from disclosed report>
This one was was in Russian, so it even translated at the same time!