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security analyst @fbsecurity | part-time bug hunter | content creator | she/her | views = mine

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1 year
New video 🚨 Answering some common questions I get in my DMs, comments etc. Check it out below:
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found this Stanford course for web security; with exam papers, assignments, labs & everything: a true goldmine 🫡
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I’m super excited to share that I’m gonna start my next job at the end of this month, as an Application Security Engineer with @Bugcrowd 😄
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@Farah_Hawaa
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3 years
Nothing beats meeting people irl 😄
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1 year
Moved to London 2 days ago 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Anyone wants to hang out / show me around, drop me a DM!
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New full circle moment unlocked: Going back to my school (alma mater) as a speaker, addressing over 400 girls about cybersecurity and bug bounties 🥹
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Eid Mubarak, hope your day is full of love & good food 🤍🌙
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3 years
i was told i needed to look "serious" and "older" for a screen test because apparently, I look “too babyish” on camera. This is what I came up with and I don’t recognise myself. 🤣
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It's finally here! In this video I talk about Same-Origin policy, when & how postMessage() is used and vulnerabilities in the postMessage() method. There's a lot of diving into JavaScript in this one🤓🧐Click the link below to watch it now!
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2 years
NEW VIDEO 📹 🚨 I focused on learning code reviews for 20 days and made a video about it! Click here to watch:
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4 years
404 Motivation Not Found. Anyone else with me? #weekendmood 😇
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@Farah_Hawaa
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4 years
Hi! The Web Cache Deception video is up on my channel! In this video, I talk about caching functionalities, path confusion & how WCD can lead to sensitive info disclosure! Like, share & subscribe if you learnt something new🥰🥰 Click link below to watch🤩
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4 years
NEW VIDEO: In this video, I tak about SAML authentication, SSO’s, the flow of SAML and how to bypass it. Click the link below to watch it now! #bugbountytips #bugbounty #infosec #cybersecurity
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3 years
NEW VIDEO! 🎥 Lately, I’ve been super fascinated with HTTP/2 bugs so I made this short video on h2c smuggling which can be used to bypass access controls on vulnerable apps. Click the link below to watch!
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1 year
A little bit of a life/professional update 📢🙌🏻
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3 years
Chilling @ the @Bugcrowd office today! 😄
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4 years
Hate makes me stronger ;) A new, highly requested video is up on YT. Click the link & watch as I explain what is OAuth 2.0, how it works, what are its vulnerabilities & how you can exploit them. Much love xx #bugbounty #bugbountytips
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Hi! A new video is up which is about 5 P1 bugs that I noticed are super common since I’ve started working @Bugcrowd . Click the link below to get some insights from a triager’s POV. If you liked this video, lemme know & I’ll more of these😋 #bugbounty
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4 years
NEW VIDEO: This video is all about the basics of GraphQL and how to attack it. There's also a giveaway for three 3-month @PentesterLab subscriptions which is sponsored by @Bugcrowd 🤩!! Watch now to learn some GraphQL and participate in the giveaway!
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@Farah_Hawaa
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4 years
I earned $500 for my submission on @bugcrowd #ItTakesACrowd
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@Farah_Hawaa
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2 years
So I just did this 🥹🥹🪂
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@Farah_Hawaa
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3 years
After almost 24+ hours of travel, finally in SAN FRANCISCO! ✈️🥳
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@Farah_Hawaa
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3 years
Your girl is fully vaccinated 🎉🥳🥳
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4 years
Just realised I have 100K views on my first ever video 7 months ago!! 🥺 Thank you for all the love, I appreciate you 💗 What an amazing way to end the year! 😸
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Just wanted to clarify something: I may have started bug bounty a few months ago, but I’ve been in infosec & web pentesting for 2+ years now. Even though pentesting & bug bounty are different, the technical skills for both are definitely transferable. 🤗🤗
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4 years
I earned $1450 for my submissions on @bugcrowd #ItTakesACrowd
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Farah Hawa
4 years
I love this illustration. It’s an awesome reminder to stop procrastinating/making excuses and this applies to anything in life, personal or professional 🙂
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2 years
. @Hacker0x01 absolutely killing it with the swag for #h1303 🤌🏻
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Farah Hawa
3 years
NEW VIDEO is up on my channel on Regular Expression DOS attacks for beginners! ⏳🔴 If you want to know how RegEx works & want to understand this super interesting DOS, then click on the link below! ⬇️ #infosec #hacking
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3 years
Eid Mubarak to each of you celebrating🌙❤️ I hope you are staying safe and celebrating with friends and family at home 🥰
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3 years
The 2nd part of Android hacking is up! I’m deep diving into vulnerable WebViews with 3 FULL DEMOS on exploiting different bugs related to WebViews 🤩 Click the link below to watch! ⬇️ #bugbounty #infosec #androidhacking
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4 years
NEW VIDEO: In this video, I explain how JWTs work and how to attack them. I've also shown a simple walk-through of the attacks. I've covered only the basic types to keep this video beginner-friendly :) #bugbounty #bugbountytips #infosec #cybersecurity
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Farah Hawa
11 months
THANK YOU @intigriti for giving me one of the best gifts I’ve received 😭🤍 Y’all made me look way cooler than I actually am 😂
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3 years
A new video is up! This one’s about what an Android application is made up of! This video can be used as a reference for future videos about static security analysis of android apps😇 Click the link below to watch it now 👇🏻 #infosec #bugbounty
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4 years
NEW VIDEO: Finally the interview with @Th3g3nt3lman is up! Watch the video as he shares details about his recently disclosed bug which paid out $30k+, useful tips on recon, methodology, full-time bug bounty & a lot more! #bugbounty #infosec #bugbountytips
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3 years
Thank you @bsidesahmedabad for the awesome swag! My cat loves it too 🐱❤️🥰
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NEW VIDEO! 🎥 This one is about NoSQL injection attacks 💉 // Click the link below or tap the one in my bio to watch! #bugbounty #infosec #bugbountytips
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3 years
I would post an #infosecbikini but I’m the eldest daughter in a desi household #iykyk 💀
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@Farah_Hawaa
Farah Hawa
2 years
I’m giving away 2 passes for the @bsidesahmedabad conference happening in October. ✌🏻 If you want the pass & can make it to the con, retweet and I’ll pick 2 of you!
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My video on Web Cache Poisoning is finally up! In this video, I explain what are web caches, cache keys and how the WCP attack works! Like, share & subscribe if you learnt something new 🥰 Don’t forget to participate in the @PentesterLab giveaway 🎁
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2 years
As a hacker, what’s the most you’ve spent on a tool/service and what was it? 💸
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Farah Hawa
4 years
This needs to be called out. It’s been only a month since I’ve been on YouTube and I’ve already thought about quitting the platform MULTIPLE times bcz of these bs comments from self appointed gatekeepers
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@InsiderPhD
Katie Paxton-Fear
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@ceos3c You'd be surprised with how sexist some members of the community can be, especially those who have decided I'm not a real hacker or I'm only popular because I'm a woman, etc
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4 years
Just adding some final touches to my next video on postMessage() vulnerabilities. Be prepared to dive into some JavaScript🧐😛
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2 years
It was awesome hanging out with some of the best from our community @bsidesahmedabad
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Farah Hawa
2 years
The Bug Bounty Playbook v1 is a great book to use as a reference while doing recon. It’s super practical with loads of helpful tips + goes through many workflows. You can find it here: #sponsored (but loved)
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Inspired by my own video about P1 bugs, I found a sensitive info disclosure bug on @DisneyPlusHS using Google dorks! Aaaand they sent me some cool goodies for it 🤩
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Thank you so much for 5K subscribers!!! I’m so ecstatic and this is just the beginning of my journey! I’ll be doing a giveaway for @PentesterLab subscriptions to celebrate this milestone really soon so stay tuned!! #bugbounty #pentesterlab #infosec
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2 years
India's new Data Protection Bill will fine companies up to ₹250cr for data breaches that leak personal data. Will this change the cybersecurity game in India?
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Hi! After many requests on my last video, I have made a video about 5 P2 bugs that I noticed are super common from my experience as a triager. Click the link below to know what those bugs are and get some insights from a triager’s POV. 😇 #bugbounty
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4 years
Can’t believe I hit 10K subs 🎉 🎉 A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported me. I wouldn’t be anything if it wasn’t for your encouragement💓. Thank you for believing in me ❤️🥰
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3 years
New YouTube logo🥳 How do we feel about it? Illustration was made by Samuel Tyler from @Bugcrowd 🧡
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Farah Hawa
2 years
Just booked flights to participate in my first ever live hacking event. 🚀 Cannot wait to see some amazing hackers irl 🥳
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Farah Hawa
3 years
YOUTUBE FAM IS NOW FULL OF 20K AWESOME PEOPLE! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️🥳🥳
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Farah Hawa
2 years
Challenging myself to learn code reviews (with a focus on PHP web apps) in the next 21 days 🔍 Starting with @PentesterLab ‘s code review badge, I’ll keep this thread updated with my journey🧵 Drop down any other good code review learning resources👇🏻
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Farah Hawa
9 months
At the @ekoparty Argentina, thanks @github for giving me this awesome plushie and letting me win the raffle TWICE!!! 🥳 #GithubEko23
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Farah Hawa
3 years
Thank you for all the wonderful swag! 💜 @intigriti
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@Farah_Hawaa
Farah Hawa
2 years
My new MacBook came in today 🥰🥰 Feels so weird to have a sticker- less laptop now 😂
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Farah Hawa
3 years
NOT MY VIDEO embedded on the @GoogleVRP website omg🥳🥳🥳 Huge thanks to @LiveOverflow for giving me this opportunity to collab with all these amazing people 😄
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Farah Hawa
4 years
My next video on Web Cache Deception is almost finished☺️ For those who don’t know about it, I hope you get to learn something new from this video! 😄
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Farah Hawa
2 years
Found another place for stickers ✌🏻
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Gonna take a little time off from creating videos. My university exams are coming up after multiple delays & I’m hoping that nothing changes this time so I can peacefully graduate this year 😄 Thank you for understanding 🙏🏻🤗
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Farah Hawa
1 year
What do you use to automate API discovery? I recently came across Akto- it’s an open source API security product which can do this & it also has 100+ security tests for bugs like IDOR and SSRF. Try now: GitHub -
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2 years
Made it!!!
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4 years
Extremely happy to announce that I’ll be interviewing bug bounty hunter and zen monk @akita_zen for a video on my channel coming really soon! 🤩🤩 If anyone has any questions for him, drop them below 👇🏻
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2 years
the #h1303 live hacking event vlog is now up on my channel! click here to watch:
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1 year
Fun times catching up with @ArmanSameer95 🙌🏻
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@Farah_Hawaa
Farah Hawa
10 months
At @nullcon Goa! Come say hi if you see me around 😄
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2 years
Super excited to be speaking at #NahamCon2022 🥳 I’ll be sharing some insights/tips/rants about the other side of bug bounty. See you soon👋
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Hi! I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be interviewing @ChloeMessdaghi , ethical hacker advocate and Founder of @WomenHackerz for my YouTube channel. Feel free to drop in any questions that you might have for her. ☺️☺️
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Currently working on a video about JWT and it's attack types. I see JWT used in a lot of BB programs and I can see it getting used more frequently. Hopefully this will help a lot of newbies to understand JWT better! Let me know if you have any suggestions for the same! :)
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Farah Hawa
4 years
So @snyff has generously offered to match my @PentesterLab gift so I’ll be giving away 4 of them in total. To enter you have to reply to this and tell me what kind of content you would like to see on my YouTube channel. I’ll be picking the 4 winners on 1st July☺️☺️❤️
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Farah Hawa
2 years
NEW VIDEO 🚨 In this one, I am showing how I analyse some code snippets to find an IDOR vulnerability 🔍 Click below to watch:
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4 years
I had such an amazing time speaking with @NahamSec for his show! Check this out if you want to get to know me and my journey a little more 😸🤗
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Ben Sadeghipour
4 years
Check out my latest Lazy Recon video where I interviewed @Farah_Hawaa about her bug bounty journey. We talked about mentorship, Javascript, creating content and more!
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4 years
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your day is full of joy 💓 🎄
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3 years
Happy Independence Day 🇮🇳❤️
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@Farah_Hawaa
Farah Hawa
3 years
Everyone wants to know how to hack APIs😄 @hakluke and I wrote this blog for @detectify on everything from setting up an API hacking environment to different bug types and fixes! 🐜 👩‍💻
@detectify
Detectify
3 years
#APIs are everywhere. tl;dr: 🔎 API vuln types 🚧 Mitigation techniques 🛸 Conspiracy theory Check out this guide to hacking APIs in 2021 by @hakluke and @Farah_Hawaa ⬇️
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Farah Hawa
3 years
Ramadan Mubarak to anyone participating and fasting for the next month! 🌙 I wish you good luck and good health 😇😸
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Super excited for this! 😄
@Owasp_DevSlop
OWASP DevSlop 🇺🇦
2 years
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 @Farah_Hawaa is joining the show for an introduction to some authentication flows in OAuth 2.0 followed by a demo of a few common bug types that can be found in them! RSVP🔗 Sponsored by @AppSecEngineer
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3 years
Today’s WFH spot >>>
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Farah Hawa
3 years
New video is up! This one’s about how to get your report triaged faster by following a few simple steps⏩ As usual, I’m sharing the insights I’ve learned from being a triager @bugcrowd Click the link below to watch the video #bugbounty #cybersecurity
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3 years
Happy Diwali everyone! 🪔❤️
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2 years
Good vibes at #h1303 😄✨
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3 years
To all the relatives & friends asking us to recover your accounts: Please contact support because we genuinely can’t do anything about it and somehow we still end up feeling like a disappointment for not being able to help 🥲
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3 years
Can we start a petition to start adding local snacks to swag packs? 👀 I would love to try snacks from different parts of the world 🥲
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Farah Hawa
3 years
New VLOG!! 🎥 This is my first-ever vlog where I ended up touring the @Bugcrowd office & also met @caseyjohnellis
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Farah Hawa
3 years
Is anyone at @BSidesCalgary tonight? 👋🏻
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Hi! The interview with @akita_zen is up on my channel! We talk about his #bugbounty methodology, avoiding dupes & he also shares some tips on finding subdomain takeovers and for beginners to get started! Grab a snack & click the link below to watch now!
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3 years
I just bought the @Raspberry_Pi 4 and lots of people on my Instagram wanted to see videos about it but I’m not really sure where to start 🤔 pls drop in some suggestions ⬇️
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Happy new year Twitter fam 💗 I hope this year is better than last year for everyone 😸 I know I’m late but I was quite sick the past few days but I’m back now and there’s more content coming your way real soon 🥰🥰☺️ #HappyNewYear2021
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Farah Hawa
3 years
New video is up 🥳 🎥 There are so many job families in #infosec to choose from when you start out! 👀 Click here & watch to find out a few!
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Finishing up my next video on GraphQL. I’m so excited for this video and I can’t wait for all of you to watch it!! 🤩 P.S - A giveaway will also be announced in this video 🥰
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What do you guys do to get your mind off of work post working hours? I often find myself ruminating about work stuff even after I’ve decided to stop for the day 😅 P.S - “work” includes job/bug bounty/content creation
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Farah Hawa
1 year
Eid Mubarak 🌙🌙 Wishing all of you who celebrate a lovely day with all your loved ones! 🤍🤍
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Farah Hawa
4 years
Super excited to give a talk on hacking JWTs for the @Owasp_DevSlop show! Catch me live at 10:30 pm IST on 11th October on their YouTube channel🤩
@Owasp_DevSlop
OWASP DevSlop 🇺🇦
4 years
📅October 11 ⏰10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Meetup RSVP/Reminder🔗: YouTube Live 🔗:
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Bug Bounty Playbook 2 is great for learning post-recon exploitation techniques 🙌 It shows how to approach apps by analyzing their tech stack & you'll learn to create impactful POCs for bugs beyond OWASP's top 10! Check it out here: #sponsored (but loved)
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Farah Hawa
2 years
A new video is up! 📹 This one is about super-impactful clickjacking reports that were paid out 4-digit bounties by Twitter & Google. 💰 Watch the video to see what made them impactful: #bugbounty #infosec #clickjacking
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BSides Ahmedabad vlog out now!! @bsidesahmedabad
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Diwali prep had made the city super colourful and I’m here for it 🎉
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Ready for event day 1 🥳🥳 @Bugcrowd #VegasBugBash2022
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2 years
Made it to Ahmedabad for @bsidesahmedabad conference tomorrow! ✌🏻 If you see me, please come say hi 🙂
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Farah Hawa
3 years
Stay strong India 🙏🏻❤️
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