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C0wb0y | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher C0wb0y has already helped fix 298 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  370

Real name:
Aldo Moreno

About me:
Cybersecurity enthusiast.
Bug bounty hunter.

Contact email:
[email protected]

Alternative Contacts:
[email protected]

Experience in Application Security
1-3 years

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
-> Bounty Payment (PayPal/BTC)
-> Public Recognition & thanks
-> Swag (T-shirt, Shoes, Wine, Perfume, etc.)

Paypal: [email protected]

Halls of Fame:
BBC
Dell
Papercut
PejaDesign
Tu-Chemnitz
Studis-Online
Telefonica Germany

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Ethics and Rules:
Aldo Moreno is required to abide by the ethics and rules of the Open Bug Bounty project. If you reasonably believe that rules are not respected, please report this to us.

Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@Downnotify     29 March, 2019
    Twitter Downnotify Marijn Otte from DownNotifier.com:
Aldo found a big security issue in our application, using a creative way to exploit it.
@AsictSoc     18 November, 2020
    Twitter AsictSoc Security Operation Center from Politecnico di Milano:
Dear Leon,

the SOC of Politecnico di Milano would like to thank you for disclosing us a XSS vulnerability on our infrastructure.
@kevinBaseCom     21 February, 2020
    Twitter kevinBaseCom Kevin from Online Commerce Ltd:
Thanks for finding and alerting about an XSS issue with our newsletter.
@SecuriteInfoCom     10 February, 2020
    Twitter SecuriteInfoCom Arnaud Jacques from SecuriteInfo.com:
Very good pentester.
Thank you Aldo !
@phdev6     12 September, 2019
    Twitter phdev6 ph-dev from Peter Hahn:
Leon found a XSS bug on our site. Thanks a lot!
@itsecop     23 April, 2019
    Twitter itsecop itsecop :
Thanks Geek_Pwn, for pointed out XSS vulnerabilities on our website!
Your input was very much appreciated!
@JimM97459222     17 February, 2019
    Twitter JimM97459222 Jim from GH:
Thank you for pointing out the XSS vulnerability in our site. We appreciate your work and quick response. Thank you!!
@HIGHFLYERS_WA     19 December, 2018
    Twitter HIGHFLYERS_WA Tom from WADC:
Thanks a lot for making our webserver more secure! Thums up!
@nietofarias     10 July, 2018
    Twitter nietofarias Ignacio Nieto from Despegar:
Thanks Aldo for reporting us some XSS vulnerabilities! It was very helpful!
@TucWebmaster     25 June, 2018
    Twitter TucWebmaster Frank Richter from TU Chemnitz:
Geek_Pwn discovered XSS bugs in my site. Thanks for reporting them to us and checking our fixes, your work is appreciated!

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Research Statistics



Total reports:379
Total reports on VIP sites:40
Total patched vulnerabilities:298
Total vulnerabilities on Hold (Open Bug Bounty):1
Recommendations received:17
Active since:20.09.2017

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  Recent Recommendations

    22 April, 2024
    genoverband:
Thank you for your invaluable help in ensuring the security of our domain and its visitors!
    10 April, 2024
    Mars:
Hatim uncovered a XSS bug that we were able to quickly resolve. Thanks very much for your assistance and help.
    8 April, 2024
    Panthermedia:
Thanks to the support of Hatim Chabik, we were able to identify and solve an XSS bug.
    5 April, 2024
    pubpharm:
Pooja found a XSS vulnerability on our website and provided us with the needed Information for replication and fixing the issue. Which she verified afterwards.
We thank her for the reporting and assistance.
    2 April, 2024
    genoverband:
Thank you for your invaluable help in ensuring the security of our domain and its visitors!