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Dec. 14, 2023

Episode 49: Getting Live Hacking Event Invites & Bug Bounty Collab wi…

Episode 49: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin Gardner is once again joined by Nagli to discuss some of their recent hacking discoveries. They talk about finding and exploiting a backup file in ...

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Dec. 7, 2023

Episode 48: MVH, DEFCON Black Badge, Googler - Sam Erb

Episode 48: In this episode, joined by the spectacular Sam Erb, Google Security Engineer and DEFCON Black Badge winner. We talk about the importance of understanding how systems work to find vulnerabilities, and how his engin...

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Nov. 30, 2023

Episode 47: CSP Research, Iframe Hopping, and Client-side Shenanigans

Episode 47: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, the holidays are fast approaching, and Justin and Joel discuss some of the struggles of getting back into the hacking groove during and after breaks. We a...

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Nov. 23, 2023

Episode 46: The SAML Ramble

Episode 46: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin is deep diving the topic of SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), and walks through what it is and why it can be intimidating, before going ov...

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Nov. 16, 2023

Episode 45: The OG Bug Bounty King - Frans Rosen

Episode 45: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're thrilled to welcome Frans Rosén, an OG bug bounty hunter and co-founder of Detectify. We kick off with Frans sharing his journey bug bounty and secu...

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Nov. 9, 2023

Episode 44: URL Parsing & Auth Bypass Magic

Episode 44: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, the topic is URL structure, and Justin and Joel break down the elements that make up a URL and some common tips and tricks surrounding them which allow …

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Nov. 2, 2023

Episode 43: Caido - The Up-And-Coming HTTP Proxy

Episode 43: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're joined by Emile from Caido, who shares his journey into the bug bounty and ethical hacking world. We kick off with a hilarious incident involving Jo...

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Oct. 26, 2023

Episode 42: Renniepak Interview & Intigriti LHE Recap

Episode 42: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're live from a hacking event in Portugal, and joined by the extremely talented René de Sain! He helps us cover a host of topics like NFT, XSS, …

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Oct. 19, 2023

Episode 41: Mini Masterclass: Attack Vector Ideation

Episode 41: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin takes a break from his busy travel schedule to walk us through a few of his Attack Vector formulation strategies. We’re keeping this one short and ...

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Oct. 12, 2023

Episode 40: Bug Bounty Mentoring

Episode 40: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, it’s all about mentorships! Justin sits down with Kodai and So, two hackers he helped mentor, to discuss what worked and what didn’t. We talk about the im...

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Oct. 5, 2023

Episode 39: The Art of Architectures

Episode 39: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, We're catching up on news, including new override updates from Chrome, GPT-4, SAML presentations, and even a shoutout from Live Overflow! Then we get busy...

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Sept. 28, 2023

Episode 38: Mobile Hacking Maestro: Sergey Toshin

Episode 38: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're thrilled to welcome mobile hacking maestro Sergey Toshin (aka @bagipro). We kick off with Sergey sharing his unexpected journey into mobile security...

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Sept. 21, 2023

Episode 37: Tokyo Hacking & Interview with 0xLupin

Episode 37: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we're joined by none other than Lupin himself! We recap the Tokyo LHE and the lessons we learned from it before diving into his legendary journey into secu...

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Sept. 14, 2023

Episode 36: Bug Bounty Ethics & CT Exclusive Bug Reports

Episode 36: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel take a break from LHE prep to answer questions about the ethics of bug bounty and share their recent bug finds. We talk Iframes, mobile …

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Sept. 7, 2023

Episode 35: King of Collaboration: Douglas Day

Episode 35: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're thrilled to welcome Douglas Day, a bug bounty hunter known for his unique methodologies and collaborative spirit. We talk about his approach to find...

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Aug. 31, 2023

Episode 34: Program vs Hacker Debate

Episode 34: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel have both beaten COVID and now square off against each other in a mega-debate representing hackers and program managers respectively. Amon...

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Aug. 24, 2023

Episode 33: The Master of Hacker Show&Tell: Inti De Ceukelaire

Episode 33: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we welcome Inti De Ceukelaire, a seasoned bug hunter known for his creative storytelling and impactful show-and-tell bugs…and let us tell you, his stories...

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Aug. 17, 2023

Episode 32: The Great Write-up Low-down

Episode 32: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Joel caught a nasty bug (no, not that kind) so Justin is flying solo, and catches us up to speed on what's been happening in hacking news. Follow …

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Aug. 10, 2023

Episode 31: Alex Chapman - The Man of Many Crits

Episode 31: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're thrilled to be joined by Alex Chapman, a seasoned InfoSec hacker and bug bounty hunter. We kick off with Alex sharing his hacking journey, from a gu...

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Aug. 3, 2023

Episode 30: Recon Legend Shubs - From Burgers to Bounties

Episode 30: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're thrilled to be joined by renowned bug bounty hunter Shubs. We kick off with him sharing his journey from burgers to bugs, and how his friendly rival...

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July 27, 2023

Episode 29: Live Episode with Sean Yeoh - Assetnote Engineer

Episode 29: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast sit down with Assetnote Engineer Sean Yeoh, and pick his brain about what he's learned on his development journey. We talk about the place and importance o...

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July 20, 2023

Episode 28: Surfin' with CSRFs

Episode 28: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, the CSRF’s up, dude! We kick off with a debate about whether or not deep link vulns in mobile apps can be considered CSRF. We also talk browser …

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July 13, 2023

Episode 27: Top 7 Esoteric Web Vulnerabilities

Episode 27: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we've switched places and now Joel is home while Justin is on the move. We break down seven esoteric web vulnerabilities, and talk Cookies, Config File In...

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July 6, 2023

Episode 26: Client-side Quirks & Browser Hacks

In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're back with Joel, fresh (haha) off of back-to-back live hack events in London and Seoul. We start with his recap of the events, and the different vibes of each …

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