⚡ Offensive Security · Bug Bounty · AI Red Teaming

The Bolt of Hacking

One path, walked step by step. Read the step, do it this day or week, check it off. Nothing is skipped: you start at the fundamentals, earn each cert as the knowledge lands, hunt real targets, and finish on the AI frontier where the field is heading. Knowledge leads, proof follows.

// build up potential, strike with full power when it matters most
// learn the ground → own the web → go live → broaden → break the machine → prove humans still hit harder
+540%
Valid prompt-injection reports in 2025, the fastest-growing threat class (HackerOne)
1,121
Bounty programs with AI in scope, up 270% year over year
$20K
Top payout in Google's new AI Vulnerability Reward Program
$500–15K
Per-finding range on 0DIN, a GenAI-only bug bounty program
0%
0 of 0 done
Learn / do Ship (blog/LinkedIn) Cert checkpoint

🔁 Always on

These never get checked off. Keep them running through every phase.

  • ⚔️
    b01lers — compete in every CTF the team enters
  • 🧩
    CTF writeups — publish one after each competition
  • ✍️
    Brain Log — a blog post on rydr.info most weeks
  • in
    LinkedIn — one post per milestone, lab, or finding
  • 🎯
    Hunt — ~2 focused sessions/week on a live target
  • 📡
    Read — Hacktivity + AI-security blogs, weekly
  • 🛠️
    Home lab — keep DeadRay targets and tools warm

⚡ Ship cadence

Emailed Mon / Wed / Fri. Studying is invisible; posts are the portfolio.

Mon
Charge up

Pick this week's step. Block the time.

Wed
Hands on

One real session: a lab, a hunt, a build.

Fri
Strike

Ship one post on what you did. Save the link.