Programme selection
Reading scope, terms and payout history to pick targets worth your time.
This bug bounty course teaches the full workflow of an independent security researcher: choosing a programme on HackerOne or Bugcrowd, reading scope correctly, running reconnaissance at scale, finding valid vulnerabilities, avoiding duplicates and writing a report a triager accepts. Sixteen modules over three months, live online anywhere in India or classroom in Hyderabad.
Everything a prospective learner asks a counsellor in the first two minutes.
Bug Bounty Course
Live online across India, or classroom in Hyderabad
Classroom + live online + recorded
3 months
₹32,000
₹25,000
₹9,999, lifetime access
16 modules, 16 tools, 5 exercises
Platforms, scope, recon automation, duplicates, reporting
Burp Suite Certified Practitioner
6 September 2026
None. HTTP fundamentals taught from scratch.
What we do, stated plainly, and what we do not claim.
Your CV and platform profile are built around the findings and reports you actually produced, using the terms AppSec hiring managers screen for.
Technical rounds on access control, authentication and business logic, plus the round every AppSec interview uses: walk me through a bug you found.
Bounty findings are verifiable evidence. We help you present them so they read as professional experience.
Headline, skills, certifications and project section, so recruiter search surfaces you for application security roles.
The classroom programme includes an internship certificate based on your completed capstone project work.
No job guarantee, no guaranteed salary, no placement percentage. Any institute quoting those numbers cannot evidence them either.
Product companies, global capability centres, consulting firms and platform triage teams hire people with demonstrated finding ability. A disclosed report is evidence they can verify. We are not claiming a hiring partnership with these companies.
Every reason below is something you can verify before you pay.
Our bug bounty course starts with the parts most tutorials skip: how programmes work, how triage decides your payout, and how to read a scope so you never waste a week on an out-of-scope asset.
Then reconnaissance, because most bounties are won on attack surface rather than exotic exploits. You build a pipeline that monitors targets continuously and alerts you when new subdomains appear.
Then the bug classes that actually get paid: broken access control and IDOR, account takeover, business logic and race conditions, SSRF, and API and GraphQL targets where competition is thinner. It ends with a report that is reviewed before you submit anything to a real programme.
Sit in on a real session before you commit — no obligation.
Reading scope properly is the single most common reason reports get rejected. It is module 3, before any hunting.
Module 3You build a pipeline that monitors targets continuously and alerts you to new attack surface.
Module 6Valid bugs get closed as duplicates every day. Target selection and timing are taught deliberately.
Module 14Access control, account takeover, business logic and SSRF each get their own module.
Modules 8 to 11You write a submission-quality report and have it marked before you send one to a real programme.
Module 15Less-hunted surface with fewer competitors. BOLA, BFLA, introspection and mobile backends.
Module 13Programme terms are your authorisation. A full module covers where that protection ends.
Module 4HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti and YesWeHack, plus how private invites and VDPs differ.
Module 2We tell you that most beginners earn nothing for months. No institute selling you a dream will say that.
Module 1Most successful hunters use bounties to land an AppSec job rather than replace a salary. We optimise for that.
Module 16Classroom batches at Manjeera Trinity Corporate in Kukatpally, live online anywhere in India.
Both modes, same syllabusClassroom and online fees can be paid in EMI or two instalments.
Ask a counsellorSixteen modules that follow a hunt from picking a programme to a paid report. Expand any module to see the topics, the lab and the outcome.
The business model, before the techniques.
Picking the wrong programme wastes months.
The single most common reason reports get rejected.
What authorisation means when the target is a stranger.
Attack surface is where bounties are actually won.
Hunters who automate cover more ground than hunters who do not.
Finding what was never meant to be found.
The highest-yield bug class on most programmes.
The findings that get triaged fastest and paid best.
What automation will never find for you.
High-impact bugs when you can prove the impact.
Common, often duplicated, still worth knowing well.
Where the competition is thinner.
Why good bugs still get closed as duplicate.
The finding is worth nothing until a triager can reproduce it.
Turning sporadic finds into a repeatable habit.
Each tool, what it does, and where it shows up in the labs and projects.
| Tool | Purpose | Where you use it |
|---|---|---|
| Burp Suite | Intercepting proxy and manual testing | Every testing module |
| Amass | Subdomain and asset enumeration | Recon fundamentals |
| subfinder | Fast passive subdomain discovery | Recon at scale |
| httpx | Live host probing | Recon pipeline |
| nuclei | Template-based scanning | Automated first pass |
| ffuf | Content and parameter fuzzing | Endpoint discovery |
| Gobuster | Directory brute forcing | Content discovery |
| waybackurls | Historical URL mining | Archive recon |
| LinkFinder | JavaScript endpoint extraction | Client-side recon |
| Arjun | Hidden parameter discovery | Parameter mining |
| Turbo Intruder | High-speed request sending | Race condition testing |
| SQLmap | Injection testing | Injection findings |
| Postman | API request construction | API and GraphQL testing |
| crt.sh | Certificate transparency search | Asset discovery |
| HackerOne / Bugcrowd | Bounty platforms | Programme selection and submission |
| CVSS | Severity scoring | Report writing |
Twelve concrete capabilities you walk out with, aligned to what actually gets reports accepted.
Reading scope, terms and payout history to pick targets worth your time.
Knowing exactly what is in scope, and never submitting outside it.
Passive and active asset discovery across a large attack surface.
Pipelines that monitor targets continuously instead of once.
Directory fuzzing, JavaScript mining and hidden parameter discovery.
IDOR and privilege escalation, the highest-yield bug class.
Reset flows, OAuth misconfiguration and MFA bypass.
Workflow abuse and race conditions that no scanner finds.
Discovery, confirmation and safe impact evidence.
BOLA, BFLA and introspection abuse on less-hunted surface.
Choosing surface and timing so your valid bug is not the fifth one filed.
Reproduction, impact and CVSS in the format triagers accept quickly.
Five exercises, run against training targets and live programme scopes. The last one is a report reviewed before you ever submit to a real programme.
Suitable for a wide range of learners. No prior security experience is required to start.
Bug bounty is one of the few security paths with no gatekeeper. You need skill and a laptop.
Add the independent researcher workflow to skills you already have.
Understanding how your applications get broken makes you a better engineer, and pays.
Move from lab exercises to live targets with real programme rules.
Systematic exploration is exactly the habit bounty hunting rewards.
A weekend practice that builds a public portfolio while you keep your job.
A disclosed report is evidence anyone can verify, which is rare in security hiring.
Ready to move from watching hunting videos to running a real workflow on live scope? This is the on-ramp.
Recon · Scope · Hunt · ReportNo. Bug bounty is the one security path where nobody checks your credentials. But if you want the hunting skill to become a job, one credential helps.
Bug bounty is genuinely open. No programme asks for a degree or a certificate before accepting your report, and a public platform profile is verifiable in a way most security credentials are not. If your goal is a job rather than bounty income, Burp Suite Certified Practitioner pairs well with a disclosed report, and PortSwigger's Web Security Academy is free to prepare with. Certification names, formats and prices change, so verify with the provider before booking.
On completing the programme you receive a Cyber Security Academy course completion certificate — a record of the modules you finished and the exercises you completed. It carries no weight with bounty platforms, and we would not pretend otherwise. Your reports are the credential that matters.
Sample · course completion certificate
Lead trainer, application security and vulnerability research.
10+ years of industry experience, teaching reconnaissance, application testing and report writing from the perspective of someone who has assessed production systems rather than only studied them.
Reconnaissance and automation, access control and business logic testing, API and GraphQL security, Burp Suite, and report writing.
Every concept lands in a lab the same session. No module ends without something found, confirmed and written up.
1:1 career mentorship and guidance on which certification path fits your background and budget.
Doubt-clearing sessions, technical support and WhatsApp learning support between classes.
Three ways to take the same 18-module syllabus.
EMI and two-instalment payment options are available on classroom and online training.
We would rather you verify everything than take our word for it. Here is exactly how.
Book a free demo and watch an actual session — the trainer, the pace, the lab setup and the batch you would join. Nothing is staged for visitors.
Open our Google Business Profile and read what learners wrote there. Google reviews are tied to real accounts, which is why we point you to them rather than printing quotes here.
Ask what a submission-quality report looks like. In bounty hunting the report is the product. If an institute cannot show you one, the course is theory.
Ask how many hours a day you can reach the lab and on whose infrastructure. Hands-on time is the difference between a certificate and a skill.
Ask any institute what their students actually earn from bounties. If the answer is a big number with no evidence behind it, walk away.
Our full 16-module syllabus is on this page. Compare it module by module — particularly on scope reading, duplicate strategy and recon automation, which most bounty courses skip entirely.
Bounty income is not a salary. The employed roles below are what most hunters actually convert into.
Indicative annual range. Highly variable, not a salary.
Indicative annual range. Freshers, 0–2 years.
Indicative annual range. Freshers to mid-level.
Indicative annual range. Mid-level, 3–5 years.
Indicative annual range. Mid-level, 3–5 years.
Indicative annual range. Experienced, 5+ years.
Disclaimer. Salary figures shown are indicative market estimates and are not a guarantee of earnings. Actual compensation depends on experience, skills, certifications, employer and interview performance.
The roles this syllabus maps to, and what each one is actually accountable for.
Independent research on public and private programmes. Key skills: recon, access control, reporting.
Application testing inside a company. Key skills: Burp Suite, OWASP, reporting.
Triage and remediation alongside developers. Key skills: risk assessment, communication.
Scoped client engagements. Key skills: methodology, exploitation, documentation.
Combined assessment and testing delivery. Key skills: Burp Suite, CVSS, reporting.
REST and GraphQL testing. Key skills: BOLA, BFLA, token analysis.
Deeper research on products or protocols. Key skills: persistence, writing, disclosure.
Works on the platform side reviewing incoming reports. Key skills: reproduction, severity, communication.
Owns security for a product. Key skills: threat modelling, review, remediation.
Supports authorised offensive testing programmes. Key skills: tooling, evidence.
Client-facing assessment and advisory. Key skills: breadth, communication.
Adversary simulation. Key skills: evasion, tradecraft, attack paths.
The order matters. Starting on exploitation tools before networking is the most common reason learners stall.
Platforms, triage, scope and the legal boundary. Before any hunting.
Attack surface is where bounties are won.
The bug classes triagers accept and reward.
Thinner competition means fewer duplicates.
The write-up, and turning findings into a job.
Three overlapping courses on this site. This page is the first column.
| Area | Bug bounty | Web application security | Penetration testing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who authorises you | A published programme scope | Your employer | A signed client engagement |
| Paid for | Valid, non-duplicate findings only | A salary | The engagement, findings or not |
| Core skill | Recon at scale and duplicate strategy | Depth across the OWASP Top 10 | Methodology, scope and reporting |
| Competition | Hundreds of hunters on the same target | None, you are the assigned tester | None within the engagement |
| Income | Irregular, not guaranteed | Stable salary | Stable salary |
| Best used as | Portfolio and skill builder — this course | A career | A career |
| Our course | This page, 16 modules | Web Application Security | Penetration Testing |
Three things specific to this city and this year.
Public programmes have been hunted for years. Reflected XSS on a main domain is almost always a duplicate. The findings that pay now come from deeper recon and less obvious assets.
IDOR and privilege escalation remain the most rewarded classes because they require two accounts, patience and human judgement. Automation does not find them.
The realistic outcome for the large majority is not full-time bounty income. It is an application security or testing job won on the strength of verifiable findings.
Is bug bounty worth it in 2026? As a skill builder and portfolio, yes. As a primary income, for most people no. Competition is high and duplicates are common. Go in expecting to learn and to build evidence, and treat any payment as a bonus.
Can a complete beginner start? Yes. There is no gatekeeper — no degree, no certificate, no employer required. What you need is the workflow, and the patience to apply it for months rather than weeks.
How do I start? Learn how programmes and scope work, build a recon pipeline, focus on access control and account takeover, avoid crowded surface, and write reports a triager can reproduce in two minutes. In that order.
The twenty questions counsellors are asked most often, answered plainly.
It is training in the full workflow of an independent security researcher: choosing a programme, reading scope correctly, running reconnaissance at scale, finding valid vulnerabilities, avoiding duplicates and writing a report a triager accepts. Sixteen modules over three months, live online or classroom in Hyderabad.
Bug bounty hunting is finding and reporting security vulnerabilities in a company's systems under a published programme that authorises the testing. Platforms such as HackerOne and Bugcrowd host these programmes. Valid, in-scope, non-duplicate findings may earn a reward.
Some people do. Most beginners earn nothing for their first few months, and income remains irregular even for experienced hunters. Duplicates, out-of-scope submissions and informative-only closures are normal. Treat it as a skill-building and portfolio activity that may pay, not as a salary replacement. We would rather say that plainly than sell you a dream.
There is no honest answer to that. It depends on the hours you put in, the targets you choose and how well you read scope. What this course does is remove the avoidable failures: bad programme choice, out-of-scope reports, thin recon and reports triagers cannot reproduce.
No. You need to understand how HTTP works, which is taught in the course. Reading JavaScript helps for endpoint discovery and scripting helps for automation, but neither is a prerequisite.
HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti and YesWeHack, plus how private invitations work and how vulnerability disclosure programmes differ from paid ones.
Because popular programmes have hundreds of hunters covering the same obvious surface. Duplicate avoidance is a strategy module in this course: choosing less-hunted assets, watching programme age, monitoring for newly added scope and reading disclosed reports.
Yes. Most bounties are won on attack surface, not on exotic exploits. Two modules cover recon fundamentals and recon automation, including building a pipeline that alerts you when a target adds a new subdomain.
Broken access control and IDOR, account takeover, business logic flaws and SSRF where impact can be proven. Each of these has its own module. Reflected XSS and CSRF are covered too, with an honest note on how often they are duplicates.
Yes, as its own module, and you write a submission-quality report that is reviewed before you send anything to a real programme. Reproduction steps, impact statement, CVSS score and evidence gathered without over-testing.
Yes, when you stay inside a published programme scope. The programme terms are your authorisation. Testing outside scope, ignoring prohibited techniques or mishandling data removes that protection. A full module covers the legal and ethical boundaries.
The web application security course teaches you to test an application in depth against the OWASP Top 10, inside a company, with remediation. This course teaches the independent researcher workflow: platforms, scope, recon at scale, duplicate strategy and triager-facing reports. The vulnerability knowledge overlaps; the process is completely different.
If you are new to security, ethical hacking or web application security gives you a broader base. If you already understand web applications and want the hunting workflow, start here.
Yes. REST and GraphQL, BOLA and BFLA, mobile traffic interception and hardcoded secrets. These surfaces have fewer hunters on them, which is precisely why they are worth learning.
Classroom training is ₹32,000, live online training is ₹25,000 and the recorded course is ₹9,999. EMI and two-instalment payment options are available.
Three months. Classroom and live online batches follow the same 16-module syllabus, with weekday and weekend options.
Yes, and for most people that is the realistic outcome. A disclosed report or a platform profile is verifiable evidence of skill, which is unusual in security hiring. Many hunters use bounties to land application security or penetration testing roles rather than to replace a salary.
Yes. Live online batches run the same syllabus with the same trainer, with remote lab access, recorded sessions and LMS materials.
Yes: resume preparation built around your findings and reports, LinkedIn support, technical interview preparation and mock interviews. We do not guarantee placement, and we do not guarantee bounty earnings.
No. We do not guarantee placement, salary or any bounty income. What we provide is structured training, five practical exercises, report review and interview preparation. Outcomes depend on the work you put in.
Sit in on a live session before you commit. You will see the curriculum, the trainer, the lab setup, the batch timings and how the projects work.
No obligation. Speak with a course counsellor and find out whether this programme is right for you.
The full 25-module programme across SOC, SIEM, VAPT, forensics and GRC.
Flagship courseThe OWASP Top 10 in depth, inside a company, with remediation. The employed version of this skill.
Application securityReconnaissance, exploitation and reporting, taught as an offensive specialisation.
Offensive securityOur centre is at Manjeera Trinity Corporate in Kukatpally, close to KPHB and JNTU.
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| Address | Manjeera Trinity Corporate, Kukatpally Housing Board Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana 500072 |
| Hours | Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Sit in on a real session before you commit — no obligation.