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Make Money as a Bug Bounty Hunter on these 9 Platforms

Denise Hilton — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 19:13:42 +0000

Do you want to build your career as a Website Penetration tester and get paid to test and secure websites? There are a number of online bug bounty platforms that you can join as a member and participate.
Most of these platforms offer opportunities to join bug bounty programs hosted by popular brands in the world. You can participate and get paid to find vulnerability in their websites and applications.
Some security researchers have turned this into a full-time money earning source. To test websites for security, you will need some resources and trainings that can give you in-depth knowledge of SQL injections, Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Buffer over flow attacks.
Here are some of the best Bug Bounty platforms you can join right now:

HackerOne.com: Probably the world's largest ethical hacking community. They host bug bounty programs from renowned brands and companies.
BugCrowd.com: They also host many public programs but you might get invites to exclusive private programs if you're really good.
Yogosha.com: They have a tight selection process that only a few can clear. Make sure you know your stuff before applying.
SafeHats.com: You can be a part of their elite "SafeHats Tiger Team" and enjoy exclusive benefits.
Intigriti.com: One of the largest Pen testing communities in Europe. They cover Web, Network and IoT pen testing.
SynAck.com: You can apply to be a part of their red team and work on private programs that pay really well.
YesweHack.com: Security researchers are rewarded depending on their experience and expertise level. Vulnerabilities with high impact pay more.
Hackenproof.com: For each vulnerability report you will earn points. Those points can be converted into cash.
Upsecurit.com: You earn points based on your experience on the platform. As you progress you get higher payouts.

More information about these platforms and payment details can be found in the Source Guide.
Best of luck!

A List of Free Courses on Flutter Development

Denise Hilton — Sun, 17 May 2020 18:29:31 +0000

Flutter is Google's new Software development kit for developing native applications for all devices: Web, Mobile and Desktop.
Flutter also enables you to deploy your application to both Android and iOS using a single code base.
The biggest advantage of using Flutter is it's built-in widget functionality and modern UI components which allow you to develop beautiful applications rapidly.
Another plus point with Flutter is its adaptability with older Android and iOS devices. the apps work absolutely the same with old and new mobile devices.

Here are the best FREE training courses on Flutter currently available on the Web:

More details on these courses can be found in this Guide.

20 Amazing Software and Services to grab for Free with Student Email Account

Denise Hilton — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 06:56:53 +0000

I am sharing an aggregated list of the best software and services you can get for Free with a student email account. By a student email account, I actually mean an email account with a .edu domain.

If you have that, you'd amazed at the list of things you're entitled to.

Here's what you can get:

-GitHub Student Developer Pack (Including Free Domains, webhosting, amazing software services, Email servers and what not)

-Free Microsoft Office 365 (Including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)

-Free .me domain for 1 year from Namecheap (with Free SSL certificate)

-Notion App Premium (Popular Note Taking app)

-eSurveyCreator survey software (Survey creation and distribution app)

-AutoCad and Maya3d (Free for life time)

-Free LucidChart service (Popular Flowchart service)

-Free JetBrains software (IDE platform)

-Google Suite for Education (Your school / university needs to enroll)

-Microsoft Imagine Student Portal (Includes Visual Studio, Xamarin, Free Microsoft Azure etc.)

-Last Pass Premium account (Valid for 6 months)

-Shapr3d designing and modeling service (For creating professional 3d models)

-Gliffy subscription (Popular diagram software to draw your ideas)

-Free Autodesk Sketchbook (Popular Sketching software free for 3 years)

-Portfolio Box Pro (Online service for creating professional portfolios)

-Lumion Pro (World's best 3d rendering software for architects)

-Tableau Desktop and Prep Builder (1 year Free subscription to both software)

-Invision App (Premium Product Design app for free)
Basecamp account (Popular Project management and Team collaboration software)

-Amazon Prime Student (Mega discounts and Deals on Amazon)

Link to all these services can be found in the source mentioned below. Do share your experiences with these giveaways with us.

Source: https://www.webemployed.com/free-stuff-with-student-email-account/

8 Free Online Web Development Courses

Denise Hilton — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:44:13 +0000

Below is a list of some of the best Free Web Development courses available on the Web. If you're a complete beginner and want to learn Web development then these courses are a gold mine for you.
About half of these courses also offer free certificate of completion. So it could also be a great addition on your Resume. If you don't have any Computer Science background then there's a course called CS50 which will give you a very solid foundation of Programming concepts.
Here's the list of courses along with programming technologies they teach:

FreeCodeCamp: HTML, CSS, Javascript, React.js, Node.js, MongoDB
Introduction to Computer Science CS50: HTML, CSS, Python, Javascript, SQL
KhanAcademy - Computer Programming: HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, SQL
The Odin Project: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby, Ruby on Rails
Bento.io: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, SQL, Postgres
Upskill - Essential Web Development Course: Javascript, HTML, CSS, Ruby & Rails, React.js, SQL
Udemy - Foundations of Front-end Web Development: HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Backbone.js
The Gymnasium - Modern Web Design: HTML, CSS, Javascript

For more details about these courses and to know which ones offer free certificates, read this Guide on WebEmployed.