---
id: 4846
title: "‘Be curious, be persistent’: Icare on thriving as a Bug Bounty hunter"
source_domain: yeswehack.com
source_url: "https://www.yeswehack.com/community/Icare-thriving-bug-bounty-hunter"
published_at: "2024-03-01T09:07:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "rce", "interview", "yeswehack", "libreoffice", "thales"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4846"
lang: en
---

# ‘Be curious, be persistent’: Icare on thriving as a Bug Bounty hunter

## Summary

Q&A with Icare, Thales pentester and part-time hunter ranked 11th all-time: how he and BitK exploited a LibreOffice CVE for a €10,000 RCE bounty, plus his 'be curious, be persistent' advice.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** yeswehack.com
- **Published:** 2024-03-01T09:07:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.yeswehack.com/community/Icare-thriving-bug-bounty-hunter
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4846