AI-Powered Cybersecurity & Bug Bounty Hunting

About this course

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Dive into the cutting-edge world of AI-driven cybersecurity and bug bounty hunting, where you'll master the techniques and tools used by professional ethical hackers. Gain practical skills in reconnaissance, web exploitation, and automation with AI-powered frameworks, transforming your understanding of digital security. The course starts with foundational principles, introducing AI applications in cybersecurity, core values, and strategic bug bounty approaches. You'll then explore bug bounty techniques, subdomain enumeration, and unique program discovery methods, building a solid base for practical security testing. Next, you’ll learn to harness AI tools like Claude.ai and Ollama, mastering prompt engineering for API testing, web deployment, and automation. The course also guides you through JavaScript analysis, live web exploitation, WAF bypass techniques, shell globbing, YAML automation, and VAPT report generation, ensuring hands-on experience with real-world scenarios. Designed for cybersecurity enthusiasts, ethical hackers, and IT professionals, this course requires basic IT or programming knowledge. Whether you're a beginner seeking a structured path or an intermediate learner enhancing skills, you'll find comprehensive guidance. By the end of the course, you will be able to leverage AI tools to perform automated reconnaissance, exploit web vulnerabilities, design and execute bug bounty strategies, and generate detailed VAPT reports for real-world security assessment.

Course objectives

• master AI applications in cybersecurity
• build a solid foundation in bug bounty hunting techniques
• gain hands-on experience with real-world security challenges
• explore the integration of automation in security testing