Episode 184: 750+ Bugs in 2026 with 0xMoose (Ads Dawson)
Podcast:Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Published On: Thu Jul 23 2026 Description: Episode 184: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Ads Dawson (0xMoose) to talk about his skyrocketing report velocity, as well as how he builds and manages his hackbot.Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater, rez0 and gr3pme on X: https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__https://x.com/gr3pmeCritical Research Lab:https://lab.ctbb.show/ Need a Pentest? We just launched CTBB Pentests!https://pentest.ctbb.show/Hack full time? Check out the Full-Time Hunter’s Guild!https://ctbb.show/fthg====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!Today’s Guest: https://substack.com/@0xmoose====== This Week in Bug Bounty ======How to use Claude Code for Bug Bounty: find fast, validate manuallyhttps://www.yeswehack.com/learn-bug-bounty/llm-series-claude====== Resources ======Signal Over Noise: AI Agents and the Operator Moathttps://0xmoose.substack.com/p/signal-over-noise-ai-agents-and-theFBDL Goes Agentic: AI Agents Can Now Build Your Test Environmentshttps://bugbounty.meta.com/blog/fbdl-goes-agentic/====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:11:01) Satisfaction for hackbot finds(00:19:31) Hackbot Mechanics and Tech Debt(00:33:31) Sitting in the Bottleneck & Analyzing hacking sessions with Frontier models(00:44:35) FBDL Goes Agentic, Noise Reduction, & Hill Climbing(01:05:45) Hackbot Load Distribution