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Your Bug Bounty Toolkit — What You Actually Need to Start Finding Bugs
Welcome back, hackers. 😎
In the last post, we talked about mindset — how thinking like a hacker is more important than any tool. But once your mind is sharp, you’ll need some weapons in your arsenal.
Today, I’m giving you a no-fluff breakdown of the bug bounty tools you actually need, especially if you’re just getting started.
Forget bloated setups and 500 GitHub repos — let’s keep it practical.
Start With a Minimal but Powerful Toolkit 🧰
Here’s what you truly need to start hunting bugs efficiently:
Browser + DevTools 🕵️♂️
Yes — your browser is your first tool.
Inspect network requests, play with cookies, modify forms — all from DevTools. Learn to live inside the “Network” and “Application” tabs.
🔥 Bonus: Use ModHeader or Requestly to play with headers and request flows.
Burp Suite (Community or Pro) 💉
Burp is your command center for intercepting, modifying, and replaying web requests.
Even the free version is powerful enough to:
• Intercept and modify HTTP traffic
• Scan for basic vulnerabilities…
