Episode 177: 2x Google RCE with VRP Legend Brutecat

Episode 177: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by BruteCat to talk about his journey hacking Google Cloud, Gmail, Youtube, and Google Phone.

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====== Resources ====== StubZero: $148,337 RCE in Google Cloud Production https://brutecat.com/articles/google-cloud-rce/

Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000 https://brutecat.com/articles/leaking-youtube-emails/

Disclosing YouTube Creator Emails for a $20k Bounty https://brutecat.com/articles/youtube-creator-emails/

Leaking the phone number of any Google user https://brutecat.com/articles/leaking-google-phones/

====== Timestamps ====== (00:00:00) Introduction (00:29:14) 2nd RCE in Application Integration (00:39:55) BruteCat's Background & RCE Follow-up Questions (00:48:02) Google VRP and Youtube Bugs (01:10:17) Google Phone Leak (01:18:36) Discovery Docs and Episode 178 Teaser