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keritzyTop-50 VIP Open Redirect Reporter Top Security Researcher of the Month | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher keritzy has already helped fix 3392 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  70

Real name:
Steven Hampton

About me:
Independent Security Researcher // Programmer.

I hunt for people vulnerabilities and find securities flaws that needed to be reported as soon as possible that could be on major risks. I don't want to break or damage system. The reports that ive done in list with a Hall of fames, gifts and thank you email is a process of myself to reputate.

Others:
https://hackerone.com/keritz
https://bugcrowd.com/Keritzy

https://stevenh.neocities.org/

Contact email:
[email protected]

Alternative Contacts:
Email:[email protected]
https://keybase.io/keritzy
Donate me cash: https://www.paypal.me/keritzy

Certifications & Diplomas:
I buy books also training in real scenario to develop my security skills :)

Experience in Application Security
over 5 years

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
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Depend on Bounty 5$ - 500$
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Acknowledgement

Halls of Fame:
EU
Dutch Telekom
Sony
Hostinger
United Depart of Defense
Infogram
more

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Steven Hampton 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

@h_ono     27 May, 2021
    Twitter h_ono h_ono from DBCLS:
Thank you for reporting an XSS vulnerability in a script on our website.
@AsictIct     20 May, 2021
    Twitter AsictIct Security-Ict-Asict from Politecnico di Milano:
Dear keritzy,

the SOC of Politecnico di Milano would like to thank you for disclosing us a XSS vulnerability on our infrastructure.
@KlausSchmi     6 January, 2018
    Twitter KlausSchmi Klaus Schmidinger from TVDR:
Thank you, Keritzy, for reporting and helping to resolve an XSS vulnerability in a script on my web server!
@jason_purdy     30 November, 2017
    Twitter jason_purdy Jason Purdy from Fine Books & Collections:
Keritzy helped identify an XSS vulnerability with some legacy code. Thanks!
@MohammedBellifa     28 November, 2017
    Twitter MohammedBellifa Mohammed Bellifa from University of Denver Sturm College of Law:
Keritzy was very helpful in helping us identify and resolve an XSS vulnerability.
@mgrnwd     30 October, 2017
    Twitter mgrnwd Matthew Greenwood from University of Washington:
Thanks for your help in finding a department web server vulnerability!

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Number of Secured Websites

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500+ Websites
WEB SECURITY VETERAN
1000+ Websites

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WAF Bypasser
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30+ Reports
AppSec Logic Master
30+ Reports
Fastest Fix
Fix in 24 hours

Outstanding Achievements

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Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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Patch Master
55% Patched
Patch Guru
65% Patched
Patch Lord
75% Patched

Recommendations and Recognition

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10+ Recommends
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25+ Recommends
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Research Statistics



Total reports:9156
Total reports on VIP sites:886
Total patched vulnerabilities:3392
Recommendations received:6
Active since:24.04.2017
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    16 March, 2024
    TorutheRedFox:
Thanks for the help with the XSS vulnerability. It was a quick fix.
    12 March, 2024
    fsousa:
Pooja found an XSS vulnerability in one of our websites and ethically reported it to us, providing all the information required for us to fix the site.
All the communication was so fast, almost real time!
We thank you very much for the time and knowledge shared with us!
    7 March, 2024
    ramram:
Reported an XSS vulnerability in our website.
    7 March, 2024
    jasongiss:
Thank you for your responsible and helpful disclosure.

We really appreciated that you followed up shortly afterwards and suggested a better implementation of our fix.

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