--- title: Best InfoSec Write-ups posts — May 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted InfoSec Write-ups posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of/2024/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of/2024/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best InfoSec Write-ups posts — May 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted InfoSec Write-ups posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of InfoSec Write-ups — May 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-my-first-bounty-the-exciting-story-of-my-bug-bounty-breakthrough-ii6ocothw "How I Got My First Bounty: The Exciting Story of My Bug Bounty Breakthrough") Article InfoSec Write-ups · 2y How I Got My First Bounty: The Exciting Story of My Bug Bounty Breakthrough Learn how the author achieved their first bug bounty by discovering a GraphQL API key leak and cache poisoning vulnerability. 37 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/all-about-api-security-pentesting-7f96nktfi "All About API Security Pentesting") Article InfoSec Write-ups · 2y All About API Security Pentesting This post discusses API security pentesting and the steps involved, including understanding the scope and attack surface, information gathering, and attacking. It also provides a summary of the OWASP API Top 10 - 2023 Security Risks. 31 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ultimate-cyber-security-weapon-sharepoint-lists-v9uvrpyoq "The Ultimate Cyber Security Weapon: SharePoint Lists") Article InfoSec Write-ups · 2y The Ultimate Cyber Security Weapon: SharePoint Lists Lists play a critical role in cyber security, similar to how data cleansing is important in data science. SharePoint Lists provide a powerful solution for creating and managing these lists in a Microsoft 365 environment. 12 [See all InfoSec Write-ups archives](/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of/2024/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of/2024/05","name":"Best InfoSec Write-ups Posts — May 2024","description":"The most upvoted InfoSec Write-ups posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of/2024/05#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-my-first-bounty-the-exciting-story-of-my-bug-bounty-breakthrough-ii6ocothw","name":"How I Got My First Bounty: The Exciting Story of My Bug Bounty Breakthrough"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-about-api-security-pentesting-7f96nktfi","name":"All About API Security Pentesting"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-ultimate-cyber-security-weapon-sharepoint-lists-v9uvrpyoq","name":"The Ultimate Cyber Security Weapon: SharePoint Lists"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"InfoSec Write-ups","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2024"}]}]} ```