Why You Need Your Own Recon Strategy in Bug Bounty (And Why Copy-Pasting Won’t Make You Rich )
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Summary
A common mistake for those new to ethical or bug bounty hacking is to assume that success lies in running popular automated scans and copying code from well-known sources.
While these tools are useful, they are only one part of the picture and copying techniques from publicly available sources means they are likely to be widely known and patched.
Every target is different and needs to be approached with a fresh mindset, which means researching and developing new reconnaissance techniques for each new target.
This makes it more likely that gold (high-value vulnerabilities) can be found where others have not looked.
It also means that a bounty hunter’s toolkit is constantly evolving which broadens their range of skills.