---
id: 708
title: "Why you aren’t finding bugs"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/why-you-arent-finding-bugs/"
published_at: "2024-10-22 15:00"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "xss", "idor", "methodology", "learning", "beginner", "mindset", "hacker-advice", "beginner-advice", "vulnerability-hunting"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/708"
lang: en
---

# Why you aren’t finding bugs

## Summary

Bug bounty hunter Andrew Pratt outlines common reasons hunters come up empty, including the tutorial blackhole trap, and urges a steadily decreasing ratio of learning to real-world hunting.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2024-10-22 15:00
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/why-you-arent-finding-bugs/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/708