April 1, 2019

Bounty Progress - April 2019

I have a few goals for my bug bounty work in 2019:

$50k in total bounties/bonuses
At least one $5k bounty (for reference, current best is $4802)
At least half my reports rated high/critical (CVSS 7+)
Blog about my progress monthly, with a continuously updated entry for each month

Goal Health #

Current total earnings for the year: $25329

This is 50.65% of my goal for the year. By the end of April I should be at $16666 to be on track, putting me $8663 ahead as of 2019-04-30

Lifetime Stats #

22 bounties paid
2 bonuses paid
$36291 total earned
$1533 average bounty

Bugs #

CRITICAL Discovered 2019-03-17, Paid 2019-04-01 by private – $3000
CRITICAL Discovered 2019-03-17, Paid 2019-04-01 by private – $3000
CRITICAL Discovered 2019-04-13, Paid 2019-04-18 by private – $2200 (Plus $300 for the original bug, rated medium)
CRITICAL Discovered 2019-04-07, Paid 2019-04-03 by undisclosed – $1400 ($3500 split with two other researchers)

Other payouts #

Retest on private - $50
Pay for effort bonus on private – $2500

Plan and Concerns #

Thanks to my wonderful wife, we’ve made a deal where I get a kid-free day on Sunday, which is now my bug hunting day. I will be doing at least 12 hours of hacking each Sunday, along with some little bits of hunting throughout the week.

Happy Hacking,

- Daeken

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