Episode 165: Protobuf Hacking, AI-Powered Bug Hunting, and Self-Improving Claude Workflows
Episode 165: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin recaps his Zero Trust World experience, before we dive into Permissions issues client-side bugs, New Hardware Hacking Classes, and using AI to hack.Follow us on twitter a...
Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast · Justin Gardner (Rhynorater), Joseph Thacker (Rez0), & Brandyn Murtagh (gr3pme)
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Episode 165: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin recaps his Zero Trust World experience, before we dive into Permissions issues client-side bugs, New Hardware Hacking Classes, and using AI to hack.
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Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!
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====== Resources ======
bbscope Update
https://x.com/sw33tLie/status/2029344643154919720
Matt Brown's Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VDCeZYZH7mCihtMVHqppw
Matt's Twitter:
MCP server for HackerOne to search reports
https://x.com/OriginalSicksec/status/2029503063095124461?s=20
Caido Skills
https://github.com/caido/skills
The Agentic Hacking Era: Ramblings and a Tool
https://josephthacker.com/hacking/2026/03/06/the-agentic-hacking-era.html
Announcing AI-driven Caido
https://caido.io/blog/2026-03-06-caido-skill
====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:06:23) bbscope report dumping & Matt Brown Training
(00:13:10) MCP server for HackerOne to search reports & protobuff success
(00:24:24) Hacking Mics with Permissions issues client-side bugs
(00:27:26) Can AI Hack things?