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138
Sept. 4, 2025

Episode 138: Caido Tools and Workflows

Episode 138: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast We’re talking Caido tools and workflows. Justin gives us a list of some of the Caido tools that have caught his interest, as well as how he’s using them. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on ...
137
Aug. 28, 2025

Episode 137: How We Do AI-Assisted Whitebox Review, New CSPT Gadgets, and Tools from SLCyber

Episode 137: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner and Joseph Thacker reunite to talk about AI Hacking Assistants, CSPT and cache deception, and a bunch of tools like ch.at, Slice, Ebka, and more. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and R...
136
Aug. 21, 2025

Episode 136: Hacking Cluely, AI Prod Sec, and How To Not Get Sued with Jack Cable

Episode 136: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Joseph Thacker sits down with Jack Cable to get the scoop on a significant bug in Cluely’s desktop application, as well as the resulting drama. They also talk about Jack’s background in government cybersecurity initiatives, and the legal risks faced by security researchers. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast...
Guest: Jack Cable
Aug. 14, 2025

Episode 135: Akamai's Ryan Barnett on WAFs, Unicode Confusables, and Triage Stories

Episode 135: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin sits down with Ryan Barnett for a deep dive on WAFs. We also recap his Exploiting Unicode Normalization talk from DEFCON, and get his perspective on bug hunting from his time at Akamai. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Fo...
Guest: Ryan Barnett
134
Aug. 4, 2025

Episode 134: XBOW - AI Hacking Agent and Human in the Loop with Diego Djurado

Episode 134: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Diego Djurado to give us the scoop on XBOW. We cover a little about its architecture and approach to hunting, the challenges with hallucinations, and the future of AI in the BB landscape. Diego also shares some of his own hacking journey and successes in the Ambassador World cup. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@cr...
Guest: Diego Jurado
133
July 31, 2025

Episode 133: Building Hacker Communities - Bug Bounty Village, getDisclosed, and the LHE Squad

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 Village at DEFCON, and what they’ve got in store this year. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== ...
132
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 explore topics like the significance of Unicode paths, symlinks, and TAR before they end up talking about Charsets again.. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast....
131
July 17, 2025

Episode 131: Christmas in July HACKING STYLE -SL Cyber Writeups, Bug Bounty Metastrategy, and Orphaned Github Commits

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 prompting, and touch on the recent McDonalds Leak Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ===...
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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 HTML Sanitizer bypass and .NET deserialization, and highlights the hyper creative approaches he tends to employ. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shouto...
Guest: Valentino
129
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 adapt to the evolving landscape of hacking in the age of AI Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ======...
128
June 26, 2025

Episode 128: New Research in Blind SSRF and Self-XSS, and How to Architect Source-code Review AI Bots

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://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynorater...
127
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! Today's Sponsor: Adobe ====== This Week In Bug Bounty ====== Hackers Guide to Google dorking YesWeCaido New Dojo Challenge Smart Contract BB tips Red Team AAS ====== Resources ====== Disclosed PDF csp bypass Bypassing File Upload Restrictions To Exploit Client-Side Path...
126
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. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter:...
125
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 importance of maintaining a healthy mindset throughout the entire process. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intr...
124
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 Cloud, and several fascinating tweets. Then they have a quick Full-time Bug Bounty check-in. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for th...
123
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 exploiting AI-specific features. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow you...
122
May 15, 2025

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

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 Lupin and Monke for a winners roundtable and retrospective of the event. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro musi...
121
May 8, 2025

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

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! ====== Links ====== Follow Rhynorater and Rez0 on X: ====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ====== Hop on the CTBB Discord! We also have hacker swag ! ====== This Week in Bug Bounty ====== Hacker spotlight: Rhynorater Ultra Mobile BB Program - Mobile Apps Ultra Mobile BB Pr...
120
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, including Binary Analysis, Source and Sink Discovery, and Fuzzing everything.Then we give listeners a special deal on the book. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcas...
119
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 twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://...
118
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 us on X Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow Rhynorater and Rez0 on X ====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ====== Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord! You can also find some hacker swag! ====== Resources ...
117
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. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on T...
116
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 twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https:...
115
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 by doing a bonus podcast segment in Japanese! Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to https://x.com/realytcracker for the awesome intro music! ...
Guests: So , So Sakaguchi