Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

Episode 189: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re (re)joined by none other than JOEL FREAKING MARGOLIS to talk about his blog post concerning HackerOne. We talk about what he thinks went wrong with H1, and how they can revive their old self.

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Today’s Guest - Joel Magolis
https://x.com/0xteknogeek

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

Kara Sprague’s Statement:
“I read Joel’s post and listened to the episode myself. You raise many good points. The part I want to fix first is how we exchange and action feedback from the community. I don’t have the full fix yet, but I own it and am also open to working together to find a good solution.”
Kara Sprague, CEO, HackerOne

Write triager-grade Bug Bounty reports with Claude Code: introducing the YesWeHack Claude Kit plugin
https://www.yeswehack.com/learn-bug-bounty/triager-grade-reports-claude-code

Claude Kit
https://github.com/yeswehack/claude-kit

====== Resources ======
What Happened to HackerOne?
https://blog.teknogeek.io/posts/what-happened-to-hackerone/

Watch our episode with Alex Rice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4wWv_ONjM

====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:04:18) The early days: LHE's, Covid, and the rise of AI
(00:17:20) HSM Program, HAI, and resource allocation
(00:36:41) Sales Incentivisation
(00:46:10) AI and Researcher Reports Data
(00:54:38) How Can H1 Revive its Old Self
(01:02:40) Triage

Episode 188: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Gr3pme and BusFactor grab some Hackers for a Live from DEFCON Episode to recap the event and highlight their top bugs and talks.

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Today’s Sponsor: The Adobe Program is moving to Intigriti! Head to our Discord and type “Ready to Hack Adobe” in the giveaway channel and paste your Intigriti profile for a chance to win a Lifetime CT Membership!

Today’s Guests:
https://x.com/7urb01
https://x.com/busf4ctor

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

YesWeHack is introducing Credits to combat AI slop reports
https://helpcenter.yeswehack.io/en/articles/711408-yeswehack-credits

====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:03:45) DEFCON Event Reactions and Takeaways
(00:12:56) Bus & Turbo Talk Overviews
(00:21:53) Event Bugs

Episode 187: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we talk about how much to gaslight your Hackbot, finding “Internet Melting Bugs” and if LHEs still make sense in this AI age.

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Need a Pentest? We just launched CTBB Pentests!
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====== 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 - Head to our Discord and type “Ready to Hack Adobe” in the giveaway channel and paste your Intigriti profile for a chance to win a Lifetime CT Membership!

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

Exploiting web cache poisoning vulnerabilities
https://www.intigriti.com/researchers/blog/hacking-tools/exploiting-web-cache-poisoning-vulnerabilities

====== Resources ======
frontier class vulnerabilities: it gets worse before it (maybe) gets better
https://shubs.io/frontier-class-vulnerabilities-it-gets-worse-before-it-maybe-gets-better/

====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:05:41) LHE Vs. AI
(00:19:27) Hacker Intuition and Gaslighting your Hackbot
(00:25:49) Resolving Sol 5.6 compaction error & AI memory usage
(00:37:00) Frontier Class Vulnerabilities

Episode 186: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we talk about some Recent Bug Bounty trends and pricing changes, wp2Shell exploits, Sol 5.6, and prompting via the Gauntlet loop.

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====== Links ======
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Need a Pentest? We just launched CTBB Pentests!
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Hack full time? Check out the Full-Time Hunter’s Guild!
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====== 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!

Sponsored by ThreatLocker - Zero Trust Network Access
https://www.criticalthinkingpodcast.io/tl-ztna

====== Resources ======
Trend of Bug Bounty Programs
https://x.com/iangcarroll/status/2082535987633410540

Next chapter: Restructuring GitHub’s bug bounty program
https://github.blog/security/next-chapter-restructuring-githubs-bug-bounty-program/

Securing GitHub: Wiz Research uncovers Remote Code Execution in GitHub
https://www.wiz.io/blog/github-rce-vulnerability-cve-2026-3854

Gauntlet Loop
https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2081830214384886228

KindaRails2Shell - Critical RCE in Rails via Active Storage (CVE-2026-66066)
https://ethiack.com/info-hub/research/kindarails2shell-rails-rce-cve-2026-66066

Exploit brokers pay $500,000 for a WordPress RCE. I found one with GPT5.6 Sol Ultra and $25
https://slcyber.io/research-center/exploit-brokers-pay-500000-for-a-wordpress-rce-i-found-one-with-gpt5-6/

====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:05:40) Bug Bounty Program Trends & Pricing Changes
(00:15:52) Wiz Research uncovers RCE in GitHub & Sol 5.6
(00:29:06) AI Harnessing, prompting, and the Gauntlet Loop
(00:36:58) LHE vs Hackbot
(00:43:21) KindaRails2Shell & WP2Shell

Episode 185: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we, It’s almost time for DEFCON! We’re joined by Harley Kimball and Ariel Garcia to preview this year’s Bug Bounty Village!

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====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======
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Today’s Guests:
Harley Kimball - https://x.com/infinitelogins
Ariel Garcia - https://x.com/Arl_rose

====== This Week in Bug Bounty ======
Meet YesWeHack at DEFCON 34
https://www.yeswehack.com/fr/page/yeswehack-defcon-34

====== Resources ======
Bug Bounty Village Agenda
https://www.bugbountydefcon.com/agenda-2026

BBV CTF 2026
https://www.bugbountydefcon.com/ctf

Hacker Hangout with TikTok, HackerOne, and Bug Bounty Village
https://h1.community/events/details/hackerone-sponsored-conferences-events-presents-hacker-hangout-with-tiktok-hackerone-and-bug-bounty-village-at-def-con-34/?code=xyss8KXXPd

====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:04:39) Podcast ATO & ATM Hacks
(00:17:12) Bug Bounty Village Preview
(00:31:02) BBV Room Layout and Swag
(00:42:36) BBV Agenda
(01:10:57) Harley's Hackbot