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RE: 10 Year Old Awarded 10k For Instagram Vulnerability - fiddlesticks - 11-26-2016
(05-14-2016, 02:24 PM)mothered Wrote:(05-14-2016, 10:23 AM)Endgame Wrote: All I can think after reading this is, "Damn, a 10 year old knows way more than me. WTF."
He may have just been at the right place at the right time (before anyone else discovered It), and happened to stumble across It.
It was a good find, but In my views, nothing that anyone dedicated to IT security couldn't do themselves.
Anyone can read, read and read and eventually hack something, only few can actually come up with a creative way to exploit something that hasn't already been documented.
I agree.
RE: 10 Year Old Awarded 10k For Instagram Vulnerability - mothered - 11-26-2016
(11-26-2016, 03:03 PM)fiddlesticks Wrote: Anyone can read, read and read and eventually hack something, only few can actually come up with a creative way to exploit something that hasn't already been documented.
I agree.
Very well said.
I can relate to this via my own experiences when compromising websites. The manipulation Involved by crafting various attack vectors, can be extremely Intense at times. The good old 403/406/412 status response codes Is not appreciated at all. And only when the exploitation finally takes place, can I relax with a sigh of satisfaction.
RE: 10 Year Old Awarded 10k For Instagram Vulnerability - Bloody Eye - 11-26-2016
I swear companies like Paypal have denied younger researchers money in the past. Kudos to Facebook for paying up.
RE: 10 Year Old Awarded 10k For Instagram Vulnerability - Παράφρων - 02-19-2017
(05-14-2016, 10:23 AM)Endgame Wrote: All I can think after reading this is, "Damn, a 10 year old knows way more than me. WTF."
Almost makes me wanna stop smoking pot & buckle down on teaching myself what I can.
"Almost".