Intro to Bug Bounty Hunting and Web Application Hacking (Udemy.com)
Insiders guide to ethical web hacking and bug bounty hunting with Ben Sadeghipour (@NahamSec)
Created by: Ben Sadeghipour
Last updated August 2024
What you will learn
- Engaging with a bug bounty program
- Basic understanding of web application hacking
- Basics of Reconnaissance (recon)
- How to approach a target
- Understand how bug bounties work
- Write better bug bounty reports
- Includes practical hands on labs to practice your skills
- Chain vulnerabilities for a higher impact
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- SQL Injection
- Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- Server-Side Vulnerabilities
How it compares
Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 85% of them
- Reviews3,646#60 of 524 by number of reviews
- Length11.9 hourslonger than 77% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2024earlier than 59% of them
Course Description
Welcome to Intro to Bug Bounty Hunting and Web Application Hacking, your introductory course into practical bug bounty hunting. Learn ethical hacking principles with your guide and instructor Ben Sadeghipour (@NahamSec). During the day, Ben is the former Research. & Community executive and prior that he was the head of Hacker Education at HackerOne. During his free time, Ben produces content on Twitch and YouTube for other hackers, bug bounty hunters, and security researchers. This course serves as a comprehensive guide and answers the number one question he receives, "how do I get started?"
Updated August 2024!
Now more than 11 hours worth of video content published!
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This course will feature:
An overview of 10+ vulnerability types and how to find them.
Hands-on labs for each vulnerability type where Ben will walk you through how each bug works and how they can be further exploited.
A practical lab where students will be attacking a fake organization to test out their newly acquired skills.
An introduction to recon including asset discovery and content discovery.
You will learn the tools of the trade and how to set up your hacking lab
Introduction to bug bounty programs, how to read the scope, how to write a report a good report, and how to get your first invitation to a private bug bounty program!
This course will be updated based on changing bug types, recon tactics, and your feedback! Purchase of the course gets you lifetime access to all information and updates.
Notes & Disclaimer
This course will be updated regularly as new information becomes available. Ben is committed to providing as much assistance as possible and will be answering relevant questions within 48 hours. Please don't be discouraged if you don't immediately find a bug, this field is for resilient people committed to learning and figuring things out without much direction. Google will be your friend, and we encourage you to try things before immediately asking for a solution.
This course is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not to be used for black hat exploitation and should only be used on targets you have permission to attack.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
3,646 Reviews
Ben Sadeghipour
I'm Ben Sadeghipour, also known as NahamSec online where I provide educational content for people interested in ethical hacking and bug bounty hunting. Outside of content production, I am also currently the head of education at HackerOne.
I have successfully hacked into organizations like Airbnb, Apple, Valve, Lyft, Snapchat, and The US Department of Defense. I have also presented at a variety of conferences like Defcon, BSides, or OWASP's AppSec to present my research.
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Reviews
By Rishi Yadav on 11/12/2025
One of the finest bug bounty courses available, packed with rich actionable insights, a clear methodology, and immersive hands-on labs. Ben delivers an exceptional learning experience that empowers beginners to confidently explore the world of bug hunting. Thank you for generously sharing your expertise.
By Joseph Purcell on 5/20/2024
Thoroughly enjoyed the content. Ben has a very easy going teaching style with plenty of insight of how he approaches things which i found great as a newbie. Also the hackinghub labs and the discord channel adds to what i have learned here. So looking forward to the next one. Thanks Ben
By Luigi Aiello on 1/19/2022
Thank you for this amazing course. I'm mainly a mobile developer but I really enjoyed the course. You need to have some basics informations in programming if you really want to understand all the concepts but they are explained in a simple and very details. I really reccomand this course if yuo wanna know more about cybersecurity and hacking!
By Edward Morgan Wray on 8/31/2021
This course was great! As you asked for constructive feedback when you gave it away for free, he is my input. It would be really nice to see more bug types e.g. SSTI. Also, there was some rough editing in certain spots with with takes that were not edited out and audio balancing that was not executed properly. Otherwise, a fantastic course by my noobly understanding.
By Filip Růžička on 8/24/2021
Very good slide presentation. Edit is sometimes little bit scetchy and feels sometimes akward. Second thing I would criticize is sometimes it's been said that links will be in the recources but they're not. Explanation in the lab and slides is very good and explanation on the end of the course about bug bounty program is very good as well.
By Maryam Sedighi Jafari on 8/18/2021
Rarely have I seen a great cyber security course that covered various aspects of hacking step by step and in comprehensive manner. Moreover, lots of resources are provided within the course to provide you adequate knowledge regarding bug bounty skills and programs.
By Joe Zam on 4/13/2021
This course is impressive! Provides so much clarity on how to approach the ethical hacking world from zero knowledge. It is very comprehensive and Provides lots of resources to keep learning. Definitely look forward to more courses and I became a Nahamsec fan!
By Anonymized User on 4/8/2021
Fantastic content! For a beginner this was a firehose of information which is just fine. I paused and rewatched several parts. The only suggestion I would make is that towards the last 1/3 of the course the video quality and capturing was lacking. Some of the commands issued in the terminal were obfuscated or blocked by the bottom banner. It would be helpful to zoom in on certain screens as well for the user to more clearly see what is happening.
By James Tice on 4/3/2021
This course unquestionably gets 5 stars and I'm personally super happy with it! Anyone who is an absolute beginner, though, should be prepared to get a little familiar with networking, linux, sql, http, and some full stack dev languages / concepts as they will be necessary to really understand what's going on as he explains it. Seriously, the course felt well-paced to me, but I'm a senior dev with a good bit of linux experience and have already played around with some of these methods before. It was a perfect way to sharpen a previously dull set of tools and learn how to put them to better use. Thanks Naham!
By Scott West on 3/26/2021
Not a bad introductory course. I enrolled in the course because of Ben's great YouTube content, and while most of the information in the course was "googleable", I did enjoy the section on testing file uploads and learned a thing or two from it. Other than a few distracting audio issues here and there, the production quality was great. Overall, I would recommend this course to anyone that is brand new to bug bounties and wants to learn in a simple consolidated format without having to search out the information themselves.
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Overall Score : 94 / 100






