Bugcrowd University

Security, education, and training for the whitehat hacker community. To get started, click on the modules below or go to Bugcrowd’s GitHub for slides, labs, and more

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Bugcrowd University

Uplevel your bug hunting skills with Bugcrowd University. Learn the basics of hacking and bug bounty hunting with videos, tutorials, labs, best practices and more on GitHub.

Podcast Big Bugs Podcast 7 | The World of CTFs w/ Special Guest

In this podcast, I’m joined by a major contributor to the CTF scene, Kevin Chung who wrote the open source CTF framework, CTFd. At Bugcrowd we’re big fans of CTFd; last year we ran our own first internal Bugcrowd CTF with the help of CTFd, and it was a great experience. Later on, in the year, we utilized CTFd

Essentials Bugcrowd University

Uplevel your bug hunting skills with Bugcrowd University. Learn the basics of hacking and bug bounty hunting with videos, tutorials, labs, best practices and more on GitHub.

Webinar Introduction to Burp Suite

Welcome to Bugcrowd University – Introduction to Burp Suite! This burp suite guide will help you get your software setup and teach you a methodology that will lead you to success. Hacking tools are powerful but it’s important you know how to properly use them to their full potential. Learn how to setup burp proxies

Webinar Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Welcome to Bugcrowd University – Cross Site Scripting! XSS vulnerabilities are one of the most common bugs on the internet. This class of bug can be very powerful, especially when used with other vulnerabilities and techniques. Learn the history of XSS and and what you can do with this vulnerability. Learn more here.

Webinar Broken Access Control Testing

Welcome to Bugcrowd University – Broken Access Control Testing. Defined by OWASP: “Access control, sometimes called authorization, is how a web application grants access to content and functions to some users and not others.” Learn more here.

Webinar How to Make a Good Submission

Learn the basics of bug hunting and how to create a good vulnerability submission from selecting the correct VRT category and using styling to write effective reports, to POCs and best practices. Learn more here.

Webinar Introduction to Bugcrowd University

Welcome to Bugcrowd University! Join us for free and begin your journey to become a white hat hacker. Bugcrowd University was created to help you learn the basics of hacking and bug bounty hunting. Learn more here.

Featured Press Releases

December 12, 2018

Bounty Hunting: The Job of the Future

November 14, 2018

Bugcrowd Disrupts the Multi-Billion Dollar Pen Test Market With Its Next Gen Pen Test Solution

October 24, 2018

Department of Defense Selects Bugcrowd to ‘Hack the Pentagon’

October 17, 2018

Bugcrowd and Arlo Partner To Bring Hands-On Cybersecurity Learning To Cal Poly With Internet Of Things Lab

September 20, 2018

Blockport Launches Vulnerability Disclosure Program with Bugcrowd

September 19, 2018

PlanetHoster Takes Its Bug Bounty Program Public on Bugcrowd

August 8, 2018

Bugcrowd Achieves Record Growth in First Half of 2018

August 7, 2018

Bugcrowd University Opens Its Doors to the Crowd

August 7, 2018

Bugcrowd Deploys Industry’s Largest Crowd of Elite White Hat Hackers

August 2, 2018

Bugcrowd Launches Disclose.io Open-Source Vulnerability Disclosure Framework to Provide a Safe Harbor for White Hat Hackers

July 31, 2018

Bugcrowd and Cal Poly Join Forces to Improve Cybersecurity and Train Next Generation of Cyber Defenders

July 31, 2018

HP Launches Industry’s First Print Security Bug Bounty Program

July 30, 2018

Bugcrowd Expands Presence in APAC

July 24, 2018

Bugcrowd Recognized as 2018 CRN Emerging Vendor

June 28, 2018

Bugcrowd First to Bring Vulnerability Remediation to Crowdsourced Security Market

June 19, 2018

Bugcrowd announces partnership with Upwork to enhance security for the largest freelancing site

June 6, 2018

Surge in Number and Severity of Vulnerabilities Drives Higher Payouts to Crowd in 2018

May 30, 2018

Bugcrowd Names Mark Milani as Global Head of Engineering

May 30, 2018

Bugcrowd Elevates Standards of Security in Crowdsourced Security Market

May 8, 2018

Bugcrowd Expands its Vulnerability Disclosure Program with Email Intake

April 23, 2018

Keeper Security Launches Public Vulnerability Disclosure Program on Bugcrowd

April 19, 2018

Moneytree launches public bug bounty program with Bugcrowd

March 15, 2018

Bugcrowd’s Keith Hoodlet to Present “Attack Driven Development” at InfoSec World 2018

March 13, 2018

Cisco Meraki Takes its Bug Bounty Program Public with Bugcrowd

March 1, 2018

Bugcrowd Secures $26 Million to Enable Customers and Researchers to Outhack Them All™️

February 15, 2018

Bugcrowd Appoints Two Key Executives to Capitalize on Growing Market Demand

February 14, 2018

Bugcrowd Launches Public Bug Bounty Program for Fitbit

January 30, 2018

Bugcrowd Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

December 19, 2017

Bugcrowd Delivers Unmatched Visibility, Coverage and Control of Vulnerability Testing

December 5, 2017

Bugcrowd Accelerates Growth, Expands Executive Team and Global Footprint

November 29, 2017

Bugcrowd Partners with Samsung to Reward Security Researcher Community

November 14, 2017

Bugcrowd “Inside the Mind of a Hacker” Report Finds Young Professionals Increasingly Turning to Bug Hunting

September 6, 2017

Bitdefender Takes its Bug Bounty Program to the Next Level with Bugcrowd

August 28, 2017

Bugcrowd Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Ashish Gupta as CEO

August 23, 2017

Bugcrowd Launches Bug Bounty Program for eero

August 21, 2017

Dash Employs Elite Cybersecurity Service Bugcrowd to ‘Hack’ Its Blockchain

July 18, 2017

World’s Best Hackers Compete in Capture the Flag at 2017 DEF CON Car Hacking Village

July 12, 2017

Bugcrowd to Host Industry’s First Conference for Hackers by Hackers, LevelUp

July 12, 2017

Bugcrowd Launches Public Bug Bounty Program for Atlassian

June 28, 2017

Enterprises Increasingly Turning to Hackers, Finds Bugcrowd 2017 State of Bug Bounty Report

June 22, 2017

Bugcrowd Delivers The Most Advanced Feature Set for Bug Bounty Management

June 13, 2017

Centrify Fortifies Platform Security with Bugcrowd Bug Bounty Program

February 16, 2017

Intercom Secures Customer Communications Through Bugcrowd Bug Bounty Program

SAN FRANCISCO – February 16, 2017 – Intercom, the customer messaging platform, today launched a public bug bounty program with Bugcrowd, the leader in crowdsourced security testing. Building on the success of its private program, Intercom is now launching a public bug bounty program to leverage the full scope of Bugcrowd’s curated crowd of 50,000

February 13, 2017

Qualys and Bugcrowd Bring the Power of Automation and Crowdsourcing to Web Application Security

Qualys and Bugcrowd Bring the Power of Automation and Crowdsourcing to Web Application Security Joint customers can automate web app scanning and focus bug bounties on advanced vulnerabilities, helping them increase breadth of security testing and reduce cost SAN FRANCISCO – RSA Conference USA 2017, Booth #N3817 – February 13, 2017 – Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:

February 7, 2017

Bugcrowd Appoints David Baker as Vice President of Operations

Bugcrowd Appoints David Baker as Vice President of Operations Jonathan Cran to lead product strategy as vice president of product SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 7, 2017 – Bugcrowd, the leader in crowdsourced security testing, today announced the company has appointed David Baker as vice president of operations. With more than 20 years of experience

February 7, 2017

Bugcrowd Reduces the Cost and Effort of Unifying Vulnerability Data Across Systems

Bugcrowd Reduces the Cost and Effort of Unifying Vulnerability Data Across Systems Latest release simplifies integration of Crowdcontrol™ with enterprise security infrastructure SAN FRANCISCO – February 7, 2017—Bugcrowd, the leader in crowdsourced security testing, today announced the general availability of the latest release to its Crowdcontrol™ platform. Today’s update simplifies and reduces the cost of

January 31, 2017

New Research: 94 Percent of CISOs Concerned About Publicly Facing Asset Breaches in 2017

New Research: 94 Percent of CISOs Concerned About Publicly Facing Asset Breaches in 2017 Today’s AppSec teams facing resourcing issues that are making them vulnerable SAN FRANCISCO — Jan. 31, 2017 — A new study of one hundred CISOs revealed that 94 percent are concerned about breaches in their publicly facing assets in the next

January 5, 2017

NETGEAR Reinforces the Company’s Focus on Product Security Through New Bugcrowd Bug Bounty Program

NETGEAR Reinforces the Company’s Focus on Product Security Through New Bugcrowd Bug Bounty Program Bugcrowd’s curated crowd, simple-to-use platform and deep program expertise help make NETGEAR’s products safe and secure for consumers to use SAN FRANCISCO – January 5, 2017 – NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers,

December 20, 2016

Bugcrowd Caps 2016 with Record Growth

Bugcrowd Caps 2016 with Record Growth Fourth consecutive year of growth proved enterprise market adoption of bug bounties, included key executive appointments and team expansion SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 20, 2016 – Bugcrowd, the leader in crowdsourced security testing, today announced the company has achieved its fourth consecutive year of significant growth with

November 16, 2016

Okta Partners with Bugcrowd to Strengthen Robust Security Strategy with Bug Bounty Program

Okta Partners with Bugcrowd to Strengthen Robust Security Strategy with Bug Bounty Program Okta’s public bug bounty program harnesses the power of Bugcrowd’s curated, user-friendly platform and deep program expertise SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, 2016 –Okta, a leading provider of identity for the enterprise, today launched a public bug bounty program with Bugcrowd, the pioneer

November 9, 2016

Bugcrowd Partners With InVision To Fortify Design Platform Through Crowdsourced Security Program

Bugcrowd Partners With InVision To Fortify Design Platform Through Crowdsourced Security Program InVision ensures the safety of its customers’ data with the launch of a public bug bounty program with Bugcrowd SAN FRANCISCO, November 9, 2016—The pioneer in crowdsourced security testing, Bugcrowd, today announced the launch of a public bug bounty program for InVision, the world’s

July 13, 2016