Episodes

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 functionality in the Cloudflare CDN-CGI endpoint. They also touch on the importance of collaboration and knowledge sharing, JavaScript Deobfuscation, the value of impactful POCs, hiding XSS payloads with URL path updates. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast send us any feedback...

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 journey. We talk about the start of his new company, and then venture into topics such as using threat intelligence and buying credentials from the dark web, recon techniques, and ways to integrate AI into your workflow (or target list). Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpod...

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 twitter at: @ctbbpodcast Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Teknogeek on twitter: ------ Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ------ H...

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 methodology for discovering OAuth-related bugs, highlights some differences between structured learning and self-teaching, and then walks us through a couple arbitrary ATO’s and SSTI to RCE bugs he’s found lately. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasti...

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 here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Teknogeek on twitter: ------ Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ------ Hop on the CTBB Discord We also do Discord subs at $25, $10,...

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 injection, image injection, CRLF injection, web cache deception, leaking window location, self-stored XSS, and much more. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout...

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 vulnerabilities. He shares some crazy stories about race conditions, exploiting hash change events, and leveraging scroll to text fragments. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast...

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 attention to client-side routing and the growing bug class of client-side path traversal. They also discuss the challenges of knowing when to cut your losses and the value of tracking time and setting goals. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcastin...

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 marketing and data science has influenced his hunting methodology. We dive into subjects like data sources, automation, working backwards from vulnerabilities, applying conversion funnels to bug bounty, and the mayonaise signature 'Mother of All Bugs' Follow us on twit...

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 twitter Send us any feedback here: Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Teknogeek on twitter: ------ Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ------ WordFence - Sign up as a researcher! https://ctbb.show/wf --- ...

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 distribution Next, they announce the launch of HackerNotes, a podcast companion that will summarize the main technical points of each episode. They also discuss a recent GitLab CVE and an invisible prompt injection, before diving into a discussion (or debate) about vulnerable code...

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, including personal struggles and the pressure of success.We also talk about finding balance and managing mental energy, going the extra mile, and the importance of planning and setting goals for yourself before he walks us through some Blind XSS techniques. Follow us on twitter a...

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: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ------ Links ------ Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Teknogeek on twitter: https://twitter.com/...

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 CSS. Then we dive into our own personal ‘Hackers Wrapped’ recap of the year, before laying out some goals for 2024. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout ...

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 the technical details of MXSS and XSLT, character encoding, and give some predictions of what Bug Bounty might look like in the future… Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast Send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome int...

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 an ASP.NET app, discovering vulnerabilities through Swagger files, and debating the vulnerability of a specific ‘undisclosed’ domain. Then they reflect on 2023’s Live Hacking Event circuit, and preview what’s to come in 2024’s. This episode sponsored by Wordfence! Wordfen...

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 engineering background influences his hunting style and methodologies. Then we jump over to his Career Development and his work with Google, and then chat about some of the recent Google Vulnerability Programs. This episode is sponsored by Wordfence! Wordfence recently launche...

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 also celebrate the newly launched Critical Thinking Discord Community before diving into Iframe Sandwhiches, JS Hoisting, CSP Bypasses, and a host of new tools, techniques, and tangents. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free...

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 over some key attack vectors to look for. Then he closes out with a commentary on a sample payload, and some HackerOne reports. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast....

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 security startups, before diving headfirst into a host of his blog posts. We also cover the value of pseudo-code for bug exploitation, understanding developer terminology, the challenges of collaboration and delegating tasks, and balancing hacking with parenting. If you're inter...

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 for all sorts of bypasses. We also round out the episode with some new tools, ato stories, and some controversial current events in the hacker scene. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@cr...

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 Joel, a child on an airplane, and an unfortunate cough. We then dive into the challenges of building an HTTP proxy tool, balancing basic features with nice-to-have features, and the importance of user feedback in shaping the development of Caido, a bug bounty tool. Follow u...

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, LHE, and tips for success. We also talk about the correlation between creativity and hacking, shared workspaces, and last but certainly not least, hacker tattoos. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: ...

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 sweet, so it can be better used as a reference when looking for new vectors. Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcast We're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.io Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro...