SMRTR ProgrammingOct 7, 2025Daily.dev

How a top bug bounty researcher got their start in security

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GitHub Bug Bounty researcher @xiridium got started in cybersecurity through capture the flag competitions before discovering bug bounties, driven by the dream of finding vulnerabilities in real applications and gaining professional recognition from the community. The security expert specializes in uncovering complex business logic bugs by diving deep into single applications until mastering every endpoint, then identifying inconsistencies that suggest development gaps where vulnerabilities often hide.

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