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Security researcher huntingforbug has already helped fix 1867 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  460

Real name:
Mario

About me:
Security researcher

Contact email:
email: [email protected]

twitter: https://twitter.com/huntingforbug

Experience in Application Security
3-5 years

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Any rewarding my time will be appreciated:
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Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@wall26com     17 August, 2020
    Twitter wall26com Wall26 from wall26:
Thank you for reporting the IDOR issue of our website.
@PascalMeunier16     4 May, 2020
    Twitter PascalMeunier16 Pascal Meunier from Purdue University:
The vulnerability notification was clear, precise and correct. Excellent work.
@NakladaFibra     12 June, 2019
    Twitter NakladaFibra Marko :
Very kind and helpfull. Thank a lot!!!
@derbarkeeper     17 May, 2019
    Twitter derbarkeeper mixable from mixable:
Thank you for reporting XSS vulnerability. Great work!
@source_dr     25 April, 2019
    Twitter source_dr source_dr :
Thank you for reporting XSS vulnerability
@MihirGosai     31 January, 2019
    Twitter MihirGosai Admin from APKLinker:
Thanks for reporting vulnerability issues to APKLinker.
@fparisot     21 January, 2019
    Twitter fparisot Fabrice PARISOT from Fab's AutoBackup:
Thanks for helping fixing that ugly XSS flaw !
@testberichteDE     23 November, 2018
    Twitter testberichteDE Andreas S from Testberichte.de:
Hi Mario, thank you very much for your information on our vulnerability! This helps us keeping our website secure.
@MVinfo1     31 October, 2018
    Twitter MVinfo1 C.L. from Materiel Velo:
Thanks a lot :) Useful information to improve us
@euvtechnology     26 October, 2018
    Twitter euvtechnology euvtechnology from Engel & Völkers Technology:
Mario, thank you for informing us on the vulnerability you discovered and helping us keeping our webservices secure!

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Research Statistics



Total reports:4297
Total reports on VIP sites:676
Total patched vulnerabilities:1867
Recommendations received:25
Active since:02.11.2017
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  Recent Recommendations

    20 March, 2024
    TechVitaverdura:
Great exchanges with this person, thank you for your help and your report
    20 March, 2024
    Mek:
He reported some vulnerabilities and oversights of security best practices on my small private project web page.
Was responsive to e-mail, unlike many other people, so yes, I can recommend him.
    20 March, 2024
    ztwo79:
We would like to thank Pooja for responsibly disclosing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in our website. Her prompt reporting and assistance in developing a fix were instrumental in ensuring the security of our users.
    16 March, 2024
    TorutheRedFox:
Thanks for the help with the XSS vulnerability. It was a quick fix.
    15 March, 2024
    adesignguy:
Reported an XSS vulnerability which was helpful and much appreciated. I have patched it now as soon as I saw the email which was forwarded onto me!