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May 30, 2024

Episode 73: Sandboxed IFrames and WAF Bypasses

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...

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May 23, 2024

Episode 72: Research TLDRs & Smuggling Payloads in Well Known Data Ty…

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 Next...

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May 16, 2024

Episode 71: More VDP Chats & AI Bias Bounty Strats with Keith Hoodlet

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 …

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May 9, 2024

Episode 70: NahamCon and CSP Bypasses Everywhere

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 an...

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May 2, 2024

Episode 69: Johan Carlsson - 3 Month Check-in on Full-time Bug Bounty.

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 …

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April 25, 2024

Episode 68: 0-days & HTMX-SS with Mathias

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...

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April 18, 2024

Episode 67: VDPs & Accidental Program VS Hacker Debate Part 2

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 accu...

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April 11, 2024

Episode 66: CDN-CGI Resarch, Intent To Ship, and Louis Vuitton

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 CG...

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April 4, 2024

Episode 65: Motivation and Methodology with Sam Curry (Zlz)

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...

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March 28, 2024

Episode 64: .NET Remoting, CDN Attack Surface, and Recon vs Main App

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 function...

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March 21, 2024

Episode 63: JHaddix Returns

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...

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March 14, 2024

Episode 62: Frontend Language Oddities

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 twit...

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March 7, 2024

Episode 61: A Hacker on Wall Street - JR0ch17

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 method...

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Feb. 29, 2024

Episode 60: Our Take on PortSwigger's Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques o…

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 h...

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Feb. 22, 2024

Episode 59: Bug Bounty Gadget Hunting & Hacker's Intuition

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 injecti...

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Feb. 15, 2024

Episode 58: Youssef Sammouda - Client-Side & ATO War Stories

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 vulnerabilitie...

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Feb. 8, 2024

Episode 57: Live Hacking Event Inside Scoop - H1-305

Episode 57: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel are live from Miami, and recap their experience and share takeaways from the live hacking event. They highlight the importance of paying a...

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Feb. 1, 2024

Episode 56: Using Data Science to win Bug Bounty - Mayonaise (aka Jon…

Episode 56: Using Data Science to win Bug Bounty - Mayonaise (aka Jon Colston) Episode 56: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin sits down with Jon Colston to discuss how his background in digital ...

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Jan. 25, 2024

Episode 55: Popping WordPress Plugins - Methodology Braindump

Episode 55: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin is joined by Wordpress Security Researcher Ram Gall to discuss both functionality and vulnerabilities within Wordpress Plugins. Follow us on twitte...

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Jan. 18, 2024

Episode 54: White Box Formulas - Vulnerable Coding Patterns

Episode 54: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel are back with news items and new projects. Joel shares about his personal scraping project to gather data on bug bounty programs and distri...

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Jan. 11, 2024

500k/yr as Full-Time Bug Hunter & Content Creator - Nahamsec

Episode 53: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast,we’re joined by none other than NahamSec. We start by discusses the challenges he faced on his journey in bug bounty hunting and content creation, includin...

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Jan. 4, 2024

Episode 52: Best Technical Content from Year 1 of CTBB Podcast

Episode 52: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we're going back and highlighting some of the best technical moments from the past year! Hope you enjoy this best of 2023 Supercut! Follow us on twitter at...

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Dec. 28, 2023

Episode 51: Hacker Stats 2023 & 2024 Goals

Episode 51: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel are back for the last episode of 2023. We discuss some noteworthy news items including a Hacker One Crit, Caido updates, and some Blind CS...

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Dec. 21, 2023

Episode 50: ­Mathias "Fall in a well" Karlsson - Bug Bounty Prophet

Episode 50: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin catches up with hacking master Mathias Karlsson, and talks about burnout, collaboration, and the importance of specialization. Then we dive into th...

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