Episode 122: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast your boys are MVH winners! First we’re joined by Zak, to discuss the Google LHE as well as surprising us with a bug of his own! Then, we sit down with Lupin and Monke for a winners roundtable and retrospective of the event.

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

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Today’s Guests:

Zak Bennett : https://www.linkedin.com/in/zak-bennett/

Ciarán Cotter: https://x.com/monkehack

Roni Carta: https://x.com/0xLupin

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

We hacked Google’s A.I Gemini and leaked its source code

https://www.landh.tech/blog/20250327-we-hacked-gemini-source-code

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:03:02) An RCE via memory corruption

(00:07:45) Zach's role at Google and Google's AI LHE

(00:15:25) Different Components of AI Vulnerabilities

(00:24:58) MHV Winner Debrief

(01:08:47) Technical Takeaways And Team Strategies

(01:28:49) LHE Experience and Google VRP & Abuse VRP

Episode 120: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner welcomes Eugene to talk (aka fanboy) about his new book, 'From Day Zero to Zero Day.' We walk through what to expect in each chapter, including Binary Analysis, Source and Sink Discovery, and Fuzzing everything.Then we give listeners a special deal on the book.

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====== Links ======

Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter:

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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 - ThreatLocker User Store

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Today’s guest: https://x.com/spaceraccoonsec

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

Buy SpaceRaccoon's Book: From Day Zero to Zero Day

https://nostarch.com/zero-day

USE CODE 'ZERODAYDEAL' for 30% OFF

Pwning Millions of Smart Weighing Machines with API and Hardware Hacking

https://spaceraccoon.dev/pwning-millions-smart-weighing-machines-api-hardware-hacking/

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:04:58) From Day Zero to Zero Day

(00:12:06) Mapping Code to Attack Surface

(00:17:59) Day Zero and Taint Analysis

(00:22:43) Automated Variant Analysis & Binary Taxonomy

(00:31:35) Source and Sink Discovery

(00:40:22) Hybrid Binary Analysis & Quick and Dirty Fuzzing

(00:56:00) Coverage-Guided Fuzzing, Fuzzing Everything, & Beyond Day Zero

(01:02:16) Bug bounty, Vuln research, & Governmental work

(01:10:23) Source Code Review & Pwning Millions of Smart Weighing Machines