Introduction

In Bug Bounty hunting, the line between landing a duplicate and uncovering a real critical issue usually comes down to how you perform reconnaissance. A lot of hunters stay on the surface. They scan the obvious assets, check the common ports and move on. But the valuable findings are often hidden in places most people ignore, like non standard ports, forgotten IP ranges and services that have been quietly running for years without attention.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through a practical, multi stage approach to scanning and fuzzing that helps you expand your attack surface properly and spot opportunities others miss.

Recon Workflow

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   │  CHAOS   │───▶│  HTTPX   │───▶│  NAABU  │───▶│  NMAP + PARSERS    │───▶│  NUCLEI  │───▶│   FFUF  │
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        │                │               │                   │                     │               │
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