Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

Episode 82: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joel Margolis discusses strategies and tips for part-time bug bounty hunting. He covers things like finding (and enforcing) balance, picking programs and goals, and streamlining your process to optimize productivity. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback he...

Episode 81: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin is joined by MatanBer to go over some recent bug reports, as well as share some tips and tricks on client-side hacking and using DevTools effectively. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker f...

Episode 80: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin is joined by Sina Kheirkhah to talk about the start of his hacking journey and explore the differences between the Pwn2Own and HackerOne Events Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the...

Episode 79: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we deepdive CSS injection, and explore topics like sequential import chaining, font ligatures, and attribute exfiltration. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast Send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Tekn...

Episode 78: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re talking about writing reports. We share some tips that we’ve learned, and discuss ways that AI can (and can’t) help with that process. We also talk about the benefit of using tools like Fabric, Loom, and ShareX. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback h...

Episode 77: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joel and Justin discuss some fresh writeups including some MongoDB injections, ORMs, and exploits in Kakao and iOS before pivoting into a conversation about staying motivated and avoiding burnout while hunting. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: in...

Episode 76: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re talking about Match and Replace and the often overlooked use cases for it, like bypassing paywalls, modifying host headers, and storing payloads. We also talk about the HackerOne Ambassador World Cup and the issues with dupe submissions, and go through some write-ups. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this...

Episode 75: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel are sick, So instead of a new full episode, we're going back 30 episodes to review. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow yo...

Episode 74: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin sits down with Roni "Lupin" Carta for a deep dive into supply chain attacks and dependency confusion. We explore the supply chain attacks, the ethical considerations surrounding maintainers and hosting packages on public registries, and chat about the vision and uses of his new tool Depi. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpod...

Episode 73: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we give a brief recap of Nahamcon and then touch on some topics like WAF bypass tools, sandboxed iframes, and programs redacting your reports. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome...

Episode 72: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel discuss some hot research from the past couple months. This includes ways to smuggle payloads in phone numbers and IPv6 Addresses, the NextJS SSRF, the PDF.JS PoC drop, and a GitHub Enterprise Indirect Method Information bug. Also, we have an attack vector featured from Monke! Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcas...

Episode 71: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Keith Hoodlet joins us to weigh in on the VDP Debate. He shares some of his insights on when VDPs are appropriate in a company's security posture, and the challenges of securing large organizations. Then we switch gears and talk about AI bias bounties, where Keith explains the approach he takes to identify bias in chatbots and h...

Episode 70: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re once again joined by Ben Sadeghipour to talk about some Nahamcon news, as well as discuss a couple other LHE’s taking place. Then they cover CI/CD and drop some cool CSP Bypasses. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcas...

Episode 69: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Johan Carlsson to hear about some updates on his bug hunting journey. We deep-dive a CSP bypass he found in GitHub, a critical he found in GitLab's pipeline, and also talk through his approach to using script gadgets and adapting to highly CSP'd environments. Then we talk about his transition to full-time bug hun...

Episode 68: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Mathias is back with some fresh HTMX research, including CSP bypass using HTMX triggers, converting client-side response header injection to XSS, bypassing HTMX disable, and the challenges of using HTMX in larger applications and the potential performance trade-offs. We also talk about the results of his recent CTF Challenge, an...

Episode 67: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we deepdive on the topic of Vulnerability Disclosure Programs (VDPs) and whether they are beneficial or not. We also touch on the topic of leaderboard accuracy, and continue the Program VS Hacker debate regarding allocating funds for bounties. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free...

Episode 66: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel discuss the recent YesWeHack Louis Vuitton LHE, the importance of failure as growth in bug bounty, and Justin shares his research on CDN CGI. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker f...

Episode 65: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we sit down with Sam Curry to discuss the ethical considerations and effectiveness of hacking, the importance of good intent, and the enjoyment Sam derives from pushing the boundaries to find bugs. He shares stories of his experiences, including hacking Tesla, online casinos,Starbucks, his own is ISP router, and even getting det...

Episode 64: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we talk about Justin and Joel delve into .NET remoting and how it can be exploited, a recent bypass in the Dom Purify library and some interesting functionality in the Cloudflare CDN-CGI endpoint. They also touch on the importance of collaboration and knowledge sharing, JavaScript Deobfuscation, the value of impactful POCs, hidi...

Episode 63: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we welcome back Jason Haddix (From Episode 12) to talk about some updates to his The Bug Hunter's Methodology, as well as his own personal life and hacking journey. We talk about the start of his new company, and then venture into topics such as using threat intelligence and buying credentials from the dark web, recon techniques...

Episode 62: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel are back with some additional research resources that didn’t make the Portswigger Top-Ten, but that are worth looking at. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your...

Episode 61: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin is joined by Jasmin Landry to share some stories about startup security, bug bounty, and the challenges of balancing both. He also shares his methodology for discovering OAuth-related bugs, highlights some differences between structured learning and self-teaching, and then walks us through a couple arbitrary ATO’s and SST...

Episode 60: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel review the Portswigger Research list of top 10 web hacking techniques of 2023. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast Send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Teknogeek on twitter: ------ Way...

Episode 59: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel discuss the concept of gadgets and how they can be used to escalate the impact of vulnerabilities. We talk through things like HTML injection, image injection, CRLF injection, web cache deception, leaking window location, self-stored XSS, and much more. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podc...

Episode 58: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we finally sit down with Youssef Samouda and grill him on his various techniques for finding and exploiting client-side bugs and postMessage vulnerabilities. He shares some crazy stories about race conditions, exploiting hash change events, and leveraging scroll to text fragments.  Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We'r...