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Why You Need Your Own Recon Strategy in Bug Bounty (And Why Copy-Pasting Won’t Make You Rich )
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The “Script Kiddie Syndrome” 🧑💻
So, you just started bug bounty hunting, huh? You watched a few YouTube videos, read some Medium blogs, copied a few commands from GitHub, and BOOM — you’re ready to make millions, right?
🚨 Wrong. 🚨
Bug bounty isn’t about running a random subfinder | httpx | nuclei combo and praying for a P1 bounty. If it were that easy, we’d all be sipping mojitos on a private island 🏝️, flexing on Twitter about our latest "0-day find."
The truth is, the best hunters have their own recon strategies — tailor-made methods that fit their thinking, their style, and (most importantly) their targets. If you’re still relying on what everyone else is doing, you’re already 10 steps behind.
Why Your Own Recon Strategy is a Must-Have 🔥
1. Every Target is Different 🎯
Some companies have a million subdomains 🌐; some only have five. Some have juicy forgotten assets 🍯; others lock everything down tighter than Fort Knox 🔐. If you’re running the same amass command on every single target, you’re missing out on the real gold.
For example, let’s say you’re targeting a bank vs. a startup:
- A bank might have very few publicly exposed assets but many internal APIs and legacy systems.
- A startup might be pushing new code every day with misconfigurations galore.
If you use the same recon methodology for both, you’re doing it wrong.
2. If Everyone is Doing It, It’s Probably Dry 💀
Do you think companies don’t read bug bounty write-ups? They do. And they patch the hell out of the techniques that get abused the most.
If you’re copying recon techniques from a Medium write-up that’s a year old 📜, guess what? Every other hunter has done the same thing. Your “secret technique” is about…
