# kathanp19/howtohunt

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/KathanP19/HowToHunt
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/kathanp19-howtohunt.md

## Topics

`bugbounty` `bugbountytips` `bughunting-methodology` `tutorials` `vulnerability`

## Description

HowToHunt is a bug bounty hunting knowledge base and a structured guide for web application penetration testing. It provides a research methodology for organizing security testing procedures and validating application behaviors against known vulnerability patterns.

The project features a curated library of security flaws and reconnaissance techniques. It organizes security testing into modular playbooks, checklists, and categorical vulnerability mappings to align specific exploitation techniques with target weaknesses.

The repository covers a systematic sequence of information gathering tasks for web security reconnaissance and the identification of potential attack vectors. It also includes a framework for web vulnerability research and the validation of security flaws through test-case-driven processes.

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Bug Bounty Resources](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/learning/bug-bounty-resources.md) — Serves as a comprehensive knowledge base and resource for finding and reporting security flaws in bug bounty programs.
- [Reconnaissance Techniques](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/learning/bug-bounty-resources/reconnaissance-techniques.md) — Details reconnaissance techniques for mapping attack surfaces, including subdomain discovery and endpoint enumeration. ([source](https://github.com/kathanp19/howtohunt#readme))
- [Network and Web Reconnaissance](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/security/network-and-web-reconnaissance.md) — Includes techniques for web-based reconnaissance and attack surface mapping as part of a sequenced discovery process.
- [Web Vulnerability Scanning](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/security/web-vulnerability-scanning.md) — Provides methodologies and exploitation cases for identifying common security flaws in web applications. ([source](https://github.com/kathanp19/howtohunt#readme))
- [Vulnerability Research](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/security/vulnerability-research.md) — Offers research and exploitation techniques for common web vulnerabilities to improve risk mitigation.

### Content Management & Publishing

- [Knowledge Bases](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/documentation-knowledge-management/knowledge-bases.md) — Ships a centralized knowledge base for storing and categorizing curated security testing procedures and vulnerability test cases.

### Security & Cryptography

- [Reconnaissance Workflow Automation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/reconnaissance-workflow-automation.md) — Provides a structured workflow for security reconnaissance, ordering tasks from broad discovery to specific attack vector identification.
- [Vulnerability Research](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/security/offensive-operations/vulnerability-research-analysis/vulnerability-research.md) — Implements a systematic framework for organizing security testing and validating application behaviors against known patterns.
- [Security Testing Methodologies](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing/security-testing-methodologies.md) — Provides structured procedural guides and checklists for conducting comprehensive web security testing.
- [Web Application Penetration Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing/security-testing/web-application-penetration-testing.md) — Provides a structured guide for the systematic identification and validation of security flaws in web services.
- [Web Application Security Testing Guides](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing/security-testing/web-application-security-testing-guides.md) — Provides a structured collection of procedural frameworks and test cases for web application penetration testing.
- [Categorical Vulnerability Mappings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/compliance-standards/vulnerability-mapping/categorical-vulnerability-mappings.md) — Provides a system for mapping specific exploitation techniques to corresponding categories of web vulnerabilities.
- [Security Vulnerabilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing/security-vulnerabilities.md) — Includes categorized lists of software flaws and attack vectors to help testers apply appropriate exploitation techniques.

### Artificial Intelligence & ML

- [Penetration Testing Playbooks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/step-by-step-task-plans/security-mitigation-playbooks/penetration-testing-playbooks.md) — Organizes penetration testing steps into reusable, modular playbooks applicable to various web environments.

### Testing & Quality Assurance

- [Test-Case-Driven Vulnerability Validation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/test-case-driven-vulnerability-validation.md) — Uses a test-case-driven process to confirm security flaws by matching application behavior against vulnerability patterns.
- [Vulnerability Pattern Validations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/vulnerability-pattern-validations.md) — Implements a process for validating security flaws by matching observed behaviors against predefined vulnerability patterns.