bb-methodology

To decide your next move in bug bounty hunting, apply a non-linear 5-phase workflow that routes between recon, mapping, finding, proving, and validating, allowing backward phase movement when new information appears or exploitation gets blocked.

Engagement mode gating is a Phase 0 confirmation step that aligns your finding definition to bug bounty, red team, pentest, or internal audit before you begin, reducing wasted effort and mis-scoped security reports.

Prevent false positives in vulnerability testing by enforcing quality gates like marker discipline, body-diff confirmation, sample-size requirements for timing claims, and stronger reproduction expectations for higher severity reports.

Yes, you can differentiate real attack paths from noise by applying a critical thinking framework that guides analysis across trust boundaries, anomaly detection, multi-perspective review, and what-if experiments during your hunting workflow.

When blocked during bug bounty exploitation, move backward through the non-linear 5-phase workflow to recon or mapping phases to gather new information, then apply the critical-thinking framework to identify alternative testing paths.

Yes, the methodology supports internal audits through its engagement mode confirmation gate, which explicitly aligns your finding criteria and workflow behavior to internal audit standards before recon and validation phases begin.