Back to feed
Going deep on a single bug bounty program
Instead of chasing every program on HackerOne, I picked one large target and learned it end-to-end.
Monthly income
$2.8k
reported by author
Time to results
4-6 months
Initial investment
$0
Replicability
★★★★★
2/5
Risk profile
ConservativeRadical
How it works
Most bounty hunters spray across programs. Going deep on one — reading every changelog, mapping every subdomain — turns up bugs others miss. Payouts of $500-5k a few times a quarter add up.
Step by step
- 1Pick a program with a large, complex surface.
- 2Map every subdomain and endpoint over 2 weekends.
- 3Subscribe to their changelog and re-test after each release.
- 4Write clear, boring reports. Ship many small ones.
454
0 commentsDiscussion
- No comments yet. Be the first.
Related methods
- Editing technical documentation for early-stage AI startups
Small AI teams ship features faster than their docs. A weekly retainer to keep their docs clean turns into steady freelance income.
- Micro-SaaS reminder tool for independent dental clinics
A single-purpose SMS reminder tool sold directly to dentists. No sales team, no enterprise pricing — just $49/month and a working product.
- Voice-over work for B2B explainer videos
A small home booth and a Fiverr Pro profile paid off my mortgage over four years.
- Tutoring high-school math over Zoom, evenings only
Six regular students, three evenings a week, $70/hour. Pays a mortgage on top of a day job.