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He won 21000 $ (15 Lakh INR) for finding a bug in a live hacking event | bug bounty


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Ankit Singh is an ethical hacker who won 21000 US dollars by finding a bug in a bug hunting (bug bounty) competition. He is a self taught ethical hacker and a cyber security expert who has achieved success in bug hunting and cyber security events.

⭐️ Timestamps ⭐️

0:00 Introduction 

1:26 Difference between an ethical hacker and cyber security specialist

4:26 What are you currently working as an ethical hacker?

5:20 About the 21k$ prize that you won in the live hacking event

6:55 How many days did you take for the event?

8:30 Other big achievements

12:15 What sparked the interest in ethical hacking and bug-hunting career?

14:57 Resources Books, Blogs, for someone who wants to learn about ethical hacking

17:29 9 to 6 Job vs Freelancing as an ethical hacker

19:16 Career opportunity for cyber security specialist/hacker in India 

21:30 Growth of this industry for future

23:10 Coaching venture

25:30 Platforms to explore and learn more about bugs hunting


Resources to learn cyber security, ethical hacking:


https://pentester.land

https://hackerone.com/hacktivity

https://bugcrowd.com/crowdstream?filter=disclosures

http://www.securitytube.net/

https://www.youtube.com/c/BugBountyReportsExplained

http://index-of.es/EBooks/11_TheWeb%20Application%20Hackers%20Handbook.pdf

https://www.exploit-db.com

https://dvwa.co.uk/

https://www.cybrary.it/

https://www.pentesteracademy.com/

https://www.eccouncil.org/

https://www.offensive-security.com/

https://www.sans.org

https://jobs.null.community/


Ankit's social media: 


https://twitter.com/AnkitCuriosity

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankitsingh1579/

https://www.facebook.com/AnkitCuriosity/

https://bugcrowd.com/AnkitSingh

https://hackerone.com/ankitsingh


Ankit's recognitions by various tech giants,


Apple - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201536

Microsoft - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/researcher-acknowledgments-online-services-archive ( March 2018, Aug 2017, Jan 2017 )

Microsoft - https://msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/researcher-acknowledgments-online-services ( Feb 2019, Oct 2018, Sept 2018, Aug 2018, March 2018, Aug 2017, Jan 2017 )

Yahoo - https://hackerone.com/yahoo/thanks/2020

Twitter - https://hackerone.com/twitter/thanks/2020

IBM - https://hackerone.com/ibm/thanks/2019 & https://hackerone.com/ibm/thanks/2018

Atlassian - Globally ranked 1st in the Atlassian Security Researcher's Hall of Fame - https://bugcrowd.com/atlassianapps/hall-of-fame


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