🔐Free Article Link

“If recon is the map, HTTP is the weapon you use to conquer territories.”

Hey hackers 👋

I’m Abhijeet Kumawat, a passionate cybersecurity enthusiast, bug bounty hunter, and someone who started with literally zero technical background.

This write-up is the fourth part of my series: “Bug Bounty from Scratch”, where I’ll be posting 25+ deep-dive stories on everything you need to know to start and succeed in the world of ethical hacking.

“And the best part? Everything I share is something I wish — — — — — someone told me when I was starting.” — — — —

Part 1: Beginners

Part 2: Hackers

Here’s a simple example of a GET request:

GET /dashboard?id=123 HTTP/1.1
Host: target.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0
Cookie: session=abc123
Accept: text/html