Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

Episode 175: Rhyno’s Hackbot Setup, Sick Bugs, and ZDI Drama

Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

Show Notes

Episode 175: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re comparing Hackbot setups and results. We also talk about some of the recent ZDI drama, as well as the importance of freaking beautiful POCs

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====== Resources ====== Another day, another universal linux LPE https://x.com/v12sec/status/2054491454064746629

ZDI Drama https://x.com/ryotkak/status/2052881664909660521

Orange Tsai Bug on Edge https://x.com/thezdi/status/2054868495888777266

Chompie's Exploit in NV Container Toolkit https://x.com/chompie1337/status/2054882193055601140

GitHub Security April bug bounty stats https://x.com/GitHubSecurity/status/2054274356403138932

====== Timestamps ====== (00:00:00) Introduction (00:02:14) q param prompt injection & Mobile CSPT (00:14:17) Admin API Key MegaCrit (00:17:13) Hackbots (00:37:10) Pretty POCs and ZDI Drama (00:44:48) GitHub Security April Stats

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