---
id: 926
title: "How to Succeed in Bug Bounties as a Pentester"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/how-to-succeed-in-bug-bounties-as-a-pentester/"
published_at: "2021-04-10T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "pentesting", "automation", "methodology", "career", "mindset", "hakluke"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/926"
lang: en
---

# How to Succeed in Bug Bounties as a Pentester

## Summary

Ex-pentester hakluke explains why pentest skills alone fail at bug bounties: conventional testing hits bugs others already found. Shifting toward automation for ephemeral bugs changed his results.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2021-04-10T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/how-to-succeed-in-bug-bounties-as-a-pentester/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/926