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Vulnerability research is the practice of searching for security flaws in technical systems and then sharing that information with people who can fix these flaws. It’s a fascinating process that helps improve the security and privacy of user data throughout the ever-growing technological world we find ourselves inhabiting. The Vulnerability Researcher’s Handbook is a book that aims to explore, in depth, the process of what someone does with a new, never-before-observed information security vulnerability after it’s discovered. For example, you might work in software development, operations, or information security roles. In such a case, you might wonder how vulnerabilities in publicly released software become known and ultimately addressed for the greater good of end users. The answer is that it takes coordinated effort, friction between parties, and grit from security researchers to overcome many of the challenges these scenarios introduce.

In this book, we’ll introduce you to the world of vulnerability research for publicly released software by ensuring you understand the fundamentals around vulnerabilities and how they become dangerous. After that, we’ll cover ways to begin selecting compelling research targets and then subject those targets to a methodology built on proven techniques that yield results. Finally, you’ll be able to build plans to find security vulnerabilities.

We’ll then cover the most complex step in this process: navigating the murky waters of working with vendors as you share your research and publish it to the world. We’ll do this by learning about enthralling examples of vulnerability research and the many challenges security researchers like yourself need to overcome. Finally, as you work through the last chapters, you’ll be armed with knowledge, various helpful templates to organize and standardize your research, and strategies to implement better vendor-research relations that you can begin to share or employ with software vendors.

I developed this book because it’s the one I wish I had before I started working with vendors on disclosing vulnerabilities and persuading them to fix security problems in their products. Adopting technology systems and software to solve problems is (and has been) expanding into every niche that humans do. The entire software and hardware industry needs people more than ever who know how to share research in a way that benefits users and holds the right people accountable for fixing problems when they’re found.