Slack Notifications

Get real-time alerts when vulnerabilities are discovered.

Setup

Connect Slack in a few steps:

  1. Go to Settings → Integrations → Slack
  2. Click Connect to Slack
  3. Authorize Hacker Bot for your workspace
  4. Select the channel for notifications
  5. Configure notification preferences

Notification Types

Choose which events trigger notifications:

CRITICAL Critical Finding Alert

Immediate notification when critical vulnerabilities are found. Includes finding details and direct link to remediation.

SCAN Scan Complete

Summary notification when a scan finishes, including finding counts by severity.

DAILY Daily Digest

Once-daily summary of all findings across your projects.

Channel Configuration

Route notifications to different channels:

  • #security-alerts — Critical and high severity findings
  • #dev-team — All scan completions and findings
  • DM to on-call — Critical findings outside business hours

Message Format

Example notification for a critical finding:

🚨 Critical Vulnerability Found

SQL Injection in /api/users

Unauthenticated SQL injection allowing full database access.

Target: staging.example.com View Finding →

Filtering

Reduce noise by filtering notifications:

  • Minimum severity threshold (e.g., only High and Critical)
  • Specific projects or targets only
  • Exclude certain vulnerability types
  • Quiet hours configuration