The Browser Hacker's Handbook
by Wade Alcorn, Christian Frichot, Michele Orru · first published 2014
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…For anyone who would like to replicate this success, know the following: 1. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook is your friend. It's outdated but it's still the best foundation. Follow it up with The Browser Hacker's Handbook or The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook. 2. You can optimize for exotic vulnerabilities in Google, Facebook et al which pay the highest bounties or you can optimize for low hanging fruit in companies…
on “High frequency security bug hunting: 120 days, 120 bugs” ↗You Don't Know JS by Kyle Simpson. The PDFs are one of the most starred repos on GitHub: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS Also more to your question, "The Browser Hacker's Handbook" and "The Web Application Hacker's Handbook" I also think are really helpful in understanding how browsers work. Sadly a not better documented subject. Visiting the list of APIs on Mozilla's website…
on “Ask HN: Which (physical) book should I get to learn JavaScript/TS?” ↗In Web Security: - The Tangled Web (http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/tangled/) You can look at the Web Application Hacker's Handbook or the Browser Hacker's Handbook, if you want. But TTW tops them all.
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