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Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

By: Justin Gardner (Rhynorater) Joseph Thacker (Rez0) & Brandyn Murtagh (gr3pme)
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A "by Hackers for Hackers" podcast focused on technical content ranging from bug bounty tips, to write-up explanations, to the latest hacking techniques.

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  • Episode 161: Cross-Consumer Attacks & DTMF Tone Exfil
    Feb 12 2026

    Episode 161: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gives us some quick hits regarding CSRF and Cross Consumer Attacks, and also touches on some breaking questions surrounding HackerOne


    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, rez0 and gr3pme on X:

    https://x.com/Rhynorater

    https://x.com/rez0__

    https://x.com/gr3pme


    Critical Research Lab:

    https://lab.ctbb.show/


    ====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======

    Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!


    We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.


    You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!


    Today's Sponsor: Join Justin at Zero Trust World in March and get $200 off registration with Code ZTWCTBB26

    https://ztw.com/


    ====== This Week in Bug Bounty ======


    AS Watson

    https://app.intigriti.com/programs/aswatson/watsons/detail


    YesWeHack 2026 Report

    https://choose.yeswehack.com/hubfs/YWH%20Report/YesWeHack_2026_Report.pdf


    ====== Resources ======


    PhoneLeak: Data Exfiltration in Gemini via Phone Call

    https://blog.starstrike.ai/posts/phoneleak-data-exfiltration-in-gemini-via-phone-call/


    Max's Tweet about decreasing bounties

    https://x.com/0xw2w/status/2020788164378427483


    HackerOne General Terms and Conditions

    https://www.hackerone.com/terms/general


    Research Review #-2: RCE in Google's AI code editor Antigravity (sudi)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqvJSF2UMyY


    ====== Timestamps ======

    (00:00:00) Introduction

    (00:03:26) YesWeHack 2026 Report

    (00:09:12) CSRF Realizations & Data Exfiltration in Gemini via Phone Call

    (00:14:38) 7urb0's Youtube, HackerOne decreasing bounties and Section 3.1 controversy.

    (00:19:06) Cross Consumer Attacks



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    25 mins
  • Episode 160: Cloudflare Zero-days & Mail Unsubscribing for XSS
    Feb 5 2026

    Episode 160: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph and Brandyn. Chat through some news, Including a Cloudflare Zero-day, Turning List-Unsubscribe into an SSRF/XSS Gadget, & Magic String Denial of Service in Claude.


    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, rez0 and gr3pme on X:

    https://x.com/Rhynorater

    https://x.com/rez0__

    https://x.com/gr3pme


    Critical Research Lab:

    https://lab.ctbb.show/


    ====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======

    Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!


    We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.


    You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!


    Today’s Sponsor: Adobe.

    Use code CTBB040126, and get a 10% bonus on your bounty for any AI vulnerability which is mapped to the OWASP LLM top 10.

    Valid on Adobe Acrobat Web - AI Assistant / PDF Spaces / Content Creation and presentation features using Express

    Adobe Express AI Assistant.

    Valid through April 1st, 2026


    Also we have a Google Cloud VRP Swag Bonus! Mention the podcast in any rewarded (cash or credit) VRP report submission before the end of April to receive bonus swag!


    ====== Resources ======

    Cloudflare Zero-day

    https://fearsoff.org/research/cloudflare-acme


    Turning List-Unsubscribe into an SSRF/XSS Gadget

    https://security.lauritz-holtmann.de/post/xss-ssrf-list-unsubscribe/


    Breaking Multi-Tenant Isolation in Heroku Postgres

    https://allistair.sh/blog/breaking-heroku-postgres/


    Parse and Parse: MIME Validation Bypass to XSS via Parser Differential

    https://lab.ctbb.show/research/parse-and-parse-mime-validation-bypass-to-xss-via-parser-differential


    Claude Magic String Denial of Service

    https://x.com/Frichette_n/status/2013988503336415522


    From WebView to Remote Code Injection

    https://djini.ai/from-webview-to-remote-code-injection/


    DOM XSS Is Not Dead: The Rise of Polyglot Payloads

    https://blogs.jsmon.sh/dom-xss-is-not-dead-the-rise-of-polyglot-payloads/


    ====== Timestamps ======

    (00:00:00) Introduction

    (00:06:17) Cloudflare Zero-day & Turning List-Unsubscribe into an SSRF/XSS Gadget

    (00:16:57) Breaking Multi-Tenant Isolation in Heroku Postgres & CTBB Research

    (00:25:46) Claude Magic String Denial of Service & From WebView to Remote Code Injection

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    45 mins
  • Episode 159: Avoiding Downgrades on Google Cloud VRP with Cote and Darby Hopkins
    Jan 29 2026
    Episode 159: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we sit down with the Google Cloud VRP Team to deep-dive policy and reward changes, what the panel process looks like, and how to best configure for success.Follow us on XGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater, rez0 and gr3pme on X:====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB DiscordWe also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.Get some hacker swagToday's Sponsor: Join Justin at Zero Trust World in March and get $200 off registration with Code ZTWCTBB26https://ztw.com/Google Cloud VRP Swag Bonus! Mention the podcast in any rewarded (cash or credit) VRP report submission before the end of April to receive bonus swag!Today’s Guests:Darby HopkinsMichael Cote====== This Week in Bug Bounty ======AI Red Teaming Explained by AI Red TeamersGood Faith AI Research Safe HarborJoin the Adobe LHE at NULLCON GOA====== Resources ======‘Legendary Guy’ - Jakub DomerackiGoogle Cloud VRP rewards rulesGoogle Cloud VRP product tiersBug Hunters blog on the 2025 Google Cloud VRP bugSWATGoogle VRP DiscordGoogle VRP on X====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:10:03) CloudVRP Bugswat Event Breakdown(00:16:40) VRP Policy & Rewards Changes(00:04:50) Panel Process(01:00:08) Configuring for Success & Avoiding Downgrades(01:33:47) Scenarios for Success
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    1 hr and 47 mins
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