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mcurietribute | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher mcurietribute has already helped fix 1917 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  110

Real name:
James

About me:
Security researcher that's been told he looks at a glass of water half empty. As if I have the time to stare at a glass of water.

Contact email:
e-mail: [email protected]
website: selfo.io

Experience in Application Security
1-3 years

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
Love.

Halls of Fame:
https://secure.sony.net/hallofthanks
https://www.hostinger.com/wall-of-fame
https://bugbounty.att.com/hof.php
https://psirt.bosch.com/en/acknowledgments.html

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James 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

@RightHandVAN     3 November, 2017
    Twitter RightHandVAN Justin from IPC:
Super fast response time. Very much appreciated!
@damoth     28 October, 2017
    Twitter damoth Damien from dtech:
Helpful and quick communication. Thank you.
@beekeep     9 October, 2017
    Twitter beekeep Mark from BBKA:
Provided a succinct description of the issue identified along with a simple way to demonstrate it. Thank you.
@bobdankert     5 October, 2017
    Twitter bobdankert BobD from EnvisionIT:
Researcher was very helpful and easy to work with. Helped us to resolve the issue very quickly.
@jan_philippi     4 October, 2017
    Twitter jan_philippi Jan :
Very fast help and very precise information on the issue. Great!
@rmwb     4 October, 2017
    Twitter rmwb Ross M. W. Bennetts from University of New England, Australia:
Prompt and professional communications from @mcurietribute clearly explained the issue and allowed us to prioritise a patch.
Thanks very much for helping secure our systems.
@steveluvender     2 October, 2017
    Twitter steveluvender Steve from Trading Paints:
Quick and clear communication. Thanks for the help.
@_TMRadio     30 September, 2017
    Twitter _TMRadio sergey from tm radio:
thanks for scan and quick reply on the fix. awesome job!!
@ziduniwien     28 September, 2017
    Twitter ziduniwien Computer Center from University of Vienna:
Dear mcurietribute,

The University of Vienna would like to thank you for your valuable contribution in finding a website security issue.

Your input is highly welcome and helps to raise the security level of our educational institution.

Servus and greetings from Vienna, Austria.
@cpweather     26 September, 2017
    Twitter cpweather Christian from meteocentre:
Very fast and precise. Appreciated his help.

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Honor Badges


Number of Secured Websites

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10+ Websites
50+ Websites
500+ Websites
WEB SECURITY VETERAN
1000+ Websites

Advanced Security Research

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

Outstanding Achievements

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Secured OBB
OBB Advocate
Improved OBB

Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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

Recommendations and Recognition

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REPUTABLE
10+ Recommends
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25+ Recommends
GLOBALLY TRUSTED
50+ Recommends

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5+ Posts

Research Statistics



Total reports:4122
Total reports on VIP sites:114
Total patched vulnerabilities:1917
Recommendations received:11
Active since:28.08.2017

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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.
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    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.
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    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!