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$50–$200 Low Hanging Bugs/Fruit Automation | Bug Automation Part 1
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5 min readFeb 17, 2025
Practical Techniques, Tips and Tricks to Find Low Hanging Bugs
Hi geeks, it4chis3c (Twitter) came-up with another bounty earning write-up in the Bug Bounty Hunting Series:
Why Grep and GF-Patterns?
Manual code/endpoint analysis is time-consuming. Grep (Global Regular Expression Print) and GF (a tool by @tomnomnom that wraps grep with vulnerability-specific patterns) automate the hunt for low-hanging fruit. They excel at:
- Rapidly sifting through massive codebases, logs, or URL lists.
- Identifying high-risk patterns (e.g., hardcoded secrets, SSRF parameters).
- Prioritizing targets for deeper exploitation.
Grep Extensions: Flags That Unlock Precision
Grep’s power lies in its flags. Here’s how to weaponize them:
