Episode 181: Bug Bounty Singularity

Episode 181: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph and XSSDoctor talk about building a Hackbot. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater, rez0 and gr3pme on X: https://x.com/Rhynorater https://x.com/rez0__ https://x.com/gr3pme Critical 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! Sponsored by ThreatLocker - Zero Trust Network Access https://www.criticalthinkingpodcast.io/tl-ztna ====== Resources ====== Are bug bounties cooked? https://hakluke.com/are-bug-bounties-cooked We built a Hackbot https://josephthacker.com/hacking/2026/07/01/we-built-a-hackbot.html ====== Timestamps ====== (00:00:00) Introduction (00:07:22) Manual vs. AI Hacking (00:17:27) Building a Hackbot (00:23:53) Negatives of Hackbots (00:31:34) Logistics and Problems of Singularity (00:46:21) Successes