BUG BOUNTY - HALL OF FAME 2021

Karan Arora
5 min readJun 23, 2021

Class of the Most Influential Hackers in the Bug Bounty Community

Hi hackers, so we all know that we have a great community in which everyone contributes a lot and helps each other. I thought it would be justifying to have a separate Hall of Fame dedicated to the most influential hackers that have done so much for the community, by not only finding and securing so many critical vulnerabilities but also mentoring so many beginners and providing good quality content for all of us.

BUG BOUNTY - HALL OF FAME ( CLASS 2021 )

Nahamsec ( Ben Sadeghipour )

He has been one of the most consistent personalities in the bug bounty community and when it comes to contributing, he contributes a lot with his live recon twitch streams and also by hosting different hacking events. It's our honour to have him in our community.

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nahamsec

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NahamSec

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZDt7MuC3Hzs6IH4xODLBw

STOK ( Frederik )

He is one of the best content creators when it comes to producing content related to bug bounties, he has helped a lot of beginners to take their first step in the bug bounty world. We are really grateful to have you STOK and we love Bounty Thursdays, keep them coming.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQN2DsjnYH60SFBIA6IkNwg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stokfredrik

Tomnomnom ( Tom Hudson )

He is like the ironman of bug bounties. He has built so many open source tools which have helped so many bug hunters. He is one of the most knowledgeable security researchers out there right now. Thanks for your presence in this community.

Definitely go check out his Github, that's where all the gold lies.

Github: https://github.com/tomnomnom

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomNomNom

Securinti ( Inti De Ceukelaire )

He is arguably the most talented bug hunter. With his unique style and hard work he has presented different ways of findings, he has already contributed a lot to the community by playing a vital role in launching a bug bounty platform called Intigriti. We are privileged to have you.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/securinti?lang=en

InsiderPhd ( Katie Paxton-Fear )

She is the queen of providing the best quality content. From her amazing, “Finding your first bug” series to her startling videos on API testing. She has covered a lot of topics to help beginners and other security researchers learn from the very basics. We bestow to have her in this community.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPiN9NPjIer8Do9gUFxKv7A

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsiderPhD

Todayisnew ( Eric )

He is at the top, he is literally at the top of every major bug bounty platform. He has inspired so many hackers with his consistency. He has also influenced us, to spread positive vibes and stay humble. It's our pleasure to have you with us in this amazing community.

Hackerone : https://hackerone.com/todayisnew?type=user

Bugcrowd : https://bugcrowd.com/todayisnew

Twitter : https://twitter.com/codecancare?lang=en

Jhaddix ( Jason Haddix )

This person is like the godfather of bug bounties. He has helped a lot of beginners with his popular methodologies and has also played a huge role in providing one of the best wordlists repository “ SecLists”. Almost everyone in this bug bounty world has either used his wordlists or tried his methodologies. We are beholden to have you, sir.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/jhaddix

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jhaddixz

Github: https://github.com/jhaddix

Hakluke ( Luke Stephens )

His mentoring skills for beginners is on another level, he has helped a lot of researchers and bug hunters by sharing amazing management skills and letting us know the real value of work-life balance. He has also contributed a lot by building impactful open source tools for bug hunting and infosec. We are really grateful to have you with us in this community.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hakluke

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzvz8jsulXm27Cd6k3vzyg

Github: https://github.com/hakluke

Codingo_ ( Michael Skelton)

He has helped a lot of security enthusiasts by doing giveaways on a periodic basis and has also contributed by providing amazing quality content related to bug hunting on youtube. His amazing nature of helping others has also led him to contribute a lot to the open-source world. We are really glad that we are part of a community in which you are our mentor.

Github: https://github.com/codingo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/codingo_

Note :

These influential souls have given so much to the community, it's our time to give back and that's why this is a small gesture from my side to regard the amazing work they have done for the community.

I know that there are many amazing hackers that are not part of this list and they will be added to the upcoming hall of fame list, kindly bear with it.

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KEEP HUNTING AND STAY CURIOUS!

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