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July 31, 2025

Episode 133: Building Hacker Communities - Bug Bounty Village, getDis…

Episode 133: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Harley and Ari from H1 to talk some about community management roles within Bug Bounty, as well as discuss the evolution of Bug Bounty Vil...

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July 24, 2025

Episode 132: Archive Testing Methodology with Mathias Karlsson

Episode 132: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin Gardner is joined by Mathias Karlsson to discuss vulnerabilities associated with archives. They talk about his new tool, Archive Alchemist, and ex...

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July 17, 2025

Episode 131: Christmas in July HACKING STYLE -SL Cyber Writeups, Bug …

Episode 131: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we're covering Christmas in July with several banger articles from Searchlight Cyber, as well as covering things like Raycast for Windows, Third-Person pr...

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July 10, 2025

Episode 130: Minecraft Hacks to Google Hacking Star - Valentino

Episode 130: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin is joined by Valentino, who shares his journey from hacking Minecraft to becoming a Google hunter. He talks us through several bugs, including an H...

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July 3, 2025

Episode 129: Is this how Bug Bounty Ends?

Episode 129: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we chat about the future of hack bots and human-AI collaboration, the challenges posed by tokenization, and the need for cybersecurity professionals to ad...

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June 26, 2025

Episode 128: New Research in Blind SSRF and Self-XSS, and How to Arch…

Episode 128: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we talking Blind SSRF and Self-XSS, as well as Reversing massive minified JS with AI and a wild Google Logo Ligature Bug Follow us on twitter at: https://...

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June 19, 2025

Episode 127: Drama, PDF as JS Chaos, Bounty Profile Apps, And More

Episode 127: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we address some recent bug bounty controversy before jumping into a slew of news items Follow us on X Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! T...

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June 12, 2025

Episode 126: Hacking AI Series: Vulnus ex Machina - Part 3

Episode 126: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we wrap up Rez0’s AI miniseries ‘ Vulnus Ex Machina ’. Part 3 includes a showcase of AI Vulns that Rez0 himself has found, and how much they paid out. Fol...

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June 5, 2025

Episode 125: How to Win Live Hacking Events

Episode 125: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin shares insights on how to succeed at live hacking events. We cover pre-event preparations, challenges of collaboration, on-site strategies, and the...

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May 29, 2025

Episode 124: Bug Bounty Lifestyle = Less Hacking Time?

Episode 124: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joseph cover some news from around the community, hitting on Joseph’s Anthropic safety testing, Justin’s guest appearance on For Crying Out Clo...

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May 22, 2025

Episode 123: Hacking AI Series: Vulnus ex Machina - Part 2

Episode 123: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re back with part 2 of Rez0’s miniseries. Today we talk about mastering Prompt Injection, taxonomy of impact, and both triggering traditional Vulns and...

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May 15, 2025

Episode 122: We Won Google's AI Hacking Event in Tokyo - Main Takeawa…

Episode 122: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast your boys are MVH winners! First we’re joined by Zak, to discuss the Google LHE as well as surprising us with a bug of his own! Then, we sit down with Lup...

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May 8, 2025

Episode 121: Slonser’s Image Injection 0-day -> ATO & New Caido Colla…

Episode 121: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we cover so much news and research that we ran out of room in the description... Follow us on X Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== ...

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May 1, 2025

Episode 120: SpaceRaccoon - From Day Zero to Zero Day

Episode 120: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner welcomes Eugene to talk (aka fanboy) about his new book, 'From Day Zero to Zero Day.' We walk through what to expect in each chapter, inclu...

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April 17, 2025

Episode 119: Abusing Iframes from a client-side hacker

Episode 119: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin does a mini deep dive into the world of iframes, starting with why they’re significant, their attributes, and how to attack them. Follow us on twit...

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April 10, 2025

Episode 118: Hacking Happy Hour: 0days on Tap and SQLi Shots

Episode 118: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we cover a host of news, including clientside tidbits, “Credentialless” iframes, prototype pollution, and what constitutes a polyglot in llms.txt. Follow ...

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April 3, 2025

Hacking AI Series: Vulnus ex Machina - Part 1

Episode 117: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph introduces Vulus Ex Machina: A 3-part mini-series on hacking AI applications. In this part, he lays the groundwork and focuses on AI reconnaissance...

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March 27, 2025

Episode 116: Auth Bypasses and Google VRP Writeups

Episode 116: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin gives a quick rundown of Portswigger’s SAML Roulette writeup, as well as some Google VRP reports, and a Next.js middleware exploit. Follow us on tw...

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March 20, 2025

Episode 115: Mentee to Career Hacker - Mokusou (So Sakaguchi)

Episode 115: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and So Sakaguchi sit down to walk through some recent bugs, before having a live mentorship session. They also talk about Reflector, and finish up ...

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March 13, 2025

Episode 114: Single Page Application Hacking Playbook

Episode 114: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re diving into SPA and how to attack them.We also cover a host of news items, including some bug write-ups, AI updates, and a new tool called Hackadvis...

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March 6, 2025

Best Technical Takeaways from Portswigger Top 10 2024

Episode 113: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re breaking down the Portswigger Top 10 from 2024. There’s some bangers in here! Follow us on X at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggest...

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Feb. 27, 2025

Episode 112: Interview with Ciaran Cotter, Critical Lab Researcher, h…

Episode 112: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph Thacker is joined by Ciarán Cotter (Monke) to share his bug hunting journey and give us the rundown on some recent client-side and server-side bugs...

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Feb. 20, 2025

Episode 111: How to Bypass DOMPurify in Bug Bounty with Kevin Mizu

Episode 111: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin interviews Kevin Mizu to showcase his knowledge regarding DOMPurify and its misconfigurations. We walk through some of Kevin’s research, highlighti...

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Feb. 13, 2025

Episode 110: Oauth Gadget Correlation and Common Attacks

Episode 110: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we hit some quick news items including a DOMPurify 3.2.3 Bypass, O3 mini updates, and a cool postLogger Chrome Extension. Then, we hone in on OAuth vulner...

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