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Season 1

Dec. 26, 2024

Episode 103: Getting ANSI about Unicode Normalization

Episode 103: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joseph delve into the vulnerabilities associated with ANSI codes and large language models (LLMs), as well as talk through some new research an...

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Dec. 19, 2024

Episode 102: Building Web Hacking Micro Agents with Jason Haddix

Episode 102: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin grabs Jason Haddix to help brainstorm the concept of AI micro-agents in hacking, particularly in terms of web fuzzing, WAF bypasses, report writing...

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Dec. 12, 2024

Episode 101: CTBB Hijacked: Rez0__ on AI Attack Vectors with Johann R…

Episode 101: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’ve been hijacked! Rez0 takes control of this episode, and sits down with Johann Rehberger to discuss the intricacies of AI application vulnerabilities....

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Dec. 5, 2024

Ep 100 - 8 Fav Bugs of 2024, Farewell Joel, Hello Shift - Cursor of H…

Episode 100: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we have a mixed bag. We celebrate 100 episodes of Critical Thinking, but also bid farewell to Joel, who will be leaving the show as a co-host, but …

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Nov. 28, 2024

Episode 99: Back to the Basics - Web Fundamental to 100k a Year in Bu…

Episode 99: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Roni dissect an old thread of Justin's talking about how best to start bug bounty with the goal of making $100k in the first year. Follow …

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Nov. 21, 2024

Episode 98: Team 82 Sharon Brizinov - The Live Hacking Polymath

Episode 98: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner sits down with Sharon,to discuss his journey from early iOS development to leading a research team at Claroty. They address the differences ...

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Nov. 14, 2024

Episode 97: Bcrypt Hash Input Truncation & Mobile Device Threat Model…

Episode 97: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel jump into some cool news items, including a recent Okta Bcrypt vulnerability, insights into crypto bugs, and some intricacies of Android an...

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Nov. 7, 2024

Episode 96: Cookies & Caching with MatanBer

Episode 96: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re back with Matanber to hit some stuff we ran out of time on last episode. We talk about advanced cookie parsing techniques and exploitation methods, S...

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Oct. 24, 2024

Episode 94: Zendesk Fiasco & the CTBB Naughty List

Episode 94: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel give their perspectives on the recent Zendesk fiasco and the ethical considerations surrounding it. They also highlight the launch of Authz...

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Oct. 17, 2024

Episode 93: A Chat with Dr. Bouman - Life as a Hacker and a Doctor

Episode 93: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Dr. Jonathan Bouman to discuss his unique journey as both a Hacker and a Healthcare Professional. We talk through how he balances his dual ...

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Oct. 10, 2024

Episode 92 - SAML XPath Confusion, Chinese DNS Poisoning, and AI Powe…

Episode 92: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast In this episode Justin and Joel tackle a host of new research and write-ups, including Ruby SAML, 0-Click exploits in MediaTek Wi-Fi, and Vulnerabilities c...

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Oct. 3, 2024

Episode 91: Zero to LHE in 9 Months (feat gr3pme)

Episode 91: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner sits down with Critical Thinking’s own HackerNotes writer Brandyn Murtagh (gr3pme) to talk about his journey with Bug Bounty. We cover mento...

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Sept. 26, 2024

Episode 90: 5k Clickjacking, Encryption Oracles, and Cursor for PoCs

Episode 90: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joel and Justin recap some of their recent hacking ups and downs and have a lively chat about Cursor.Then they cover some some research about SQL Injection...

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Sept. 19, 2024

Episode 89: The Untapped Bug Bounty Landscape of IoT w/ Matt Brown

Episode 89: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast We’re joined live by Matt Brown to talk about his journey with hacking in the IoT. We cover the specializations and challenges in hardware hacking, and Mat...

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Sept. 12, 2024

Episode 88: News, Tools, and Writeups

Episode 88: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel tackle a whole slate of new research including a new cheat sheet for URL validation bypass from Portswigger, the introduction of Sanic DNS ...

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Sept. 5, 2024

Episode 87: 'Hacker Wife' Mariah Garder on Bug Bounty mentality and …

Episode 87: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin sits down with none other than his wife Mariah to talk about Bug Bounty from the perspective of a Significant Other. They share how they’ve traverse...

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Aug. 29, 2024

Episode 86: The X-Correlation between Frans & RCE - Research Drop

Episode 86: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Frans blows Justin’s mind with a sneak peak of his new presentation. Note: This is a little different from our normal episode, and video is recommended. So...

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Aug. 22, 2024

Episode 85: Practical Applications of DEFCON 32 Web Research

Episode 85: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joel talk through some of the research coming out of DEFCON, mainly from the PortSwigger team. Web timing attacks, cache exploitation, and explo...

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Aug. 15, 2024

Episode 84: 0xLupin & Takeaways from Google's Las Vegas BugSwat

Episode 84: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin is joined by Roni Carta (@0xLupin) to discuss their MVH win at the recent Google LHE, and share some technical observations they had with the targe...

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Aug. 8, 2024

Episode 83: Brainstorming Proxy Plugins

Episode 83: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joel and Justin are brainstorming new features and improvements for Caido, such as the implementation of a 403 bypassing workflow, a text expander, Tracing...

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Aug. 1, 2024

Episode 82: Part-Time Bug Bounty

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 g...

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July 25, 2024

Episode 81: Crushing Client-Side on Any Scope with MatanBer

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 effectivel...

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July 18, 2024

Episode 80: Pwn2Own VS H1 Live Hacking Event (feat SinSinology)

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 Foll...

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July 11, 2024

Episode 79: The State of CSS Injection - Leaking Text Nodes & HTML At…

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: @ctbbpo...

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