Zero-Day Research
Responsible disclosure, UK legal framework, CVE process, and the complete zero-day discovery workflow from crash to advisory.
Recommended Prerequisites
These are recommendations - you can start this track at any time.
About this track
Responsible disclosure, UK legal framework, CVE process, and the complete zero-day discovery workflow from crash to advisory.
The Zero-Day Research track collects 2 modules and 9 lessons into a single ordered path. Each module ends with a checkpoint quiz; passing the checkpoint unlocks the next module so you can track your progress without guessing whether the material has stuck.
You start with "Responsible Disclosure & UK Law" and finish on "Zero-Day Discovery Workflow". The whole track sits inside the Applied Security area of the curriculum, so the writing assumes the prerequisites listed above and skips ground that an earlier track has already covered.
What this track covers
- Responsible Disclosure & UK Law — Understand the legal and ethical framework for vulnerability research. Learn the UK Computer Misuse Act 1990, coordinated disclosure processes, CVE assignment, and how to write professional security advisories.
- Zero-Day Discovery Workflow — Walk through the complete process of discovering a zero-day vulnerability - from mapping the attack surface and selecting targets through triaging a crash, building a reliable proof of concept, and submitting your first advisory.
How the track works
Every lesson is a short page with diagrams, runnable examples, and the kind of edge-case footnotes you usually only find in textbooks. Where it makes sense, the lesson is paired with a CPU simulation or a coding challenge so you can poke at the idea instead of just reading about it.
The lessons themselves are free to read with a free account. The 2 checkpoint quizzes that gate the next module are also free, as are the lesson IDE and CPU simulations. Optional 777-tier tools — the step-through debugger, decompiler, ROP gadget builder, heap visualiser, and exploit labs — sit alongside the lessons but are not required to follow the track from start to finish.
You can jump in at any point. Be Bitwise is built around a free forever curriculum, with no time limits and no expiring access. Pick the next lesson when you have an hour; come back when you do not.