From 14-Year-Old Bug Hunter to Level 5 SRT Hero
In this episode of WE’RE IN, Josh Mason sits down with Sayaan Alam, a Level 5 Synack Red Team (SRT) member who started his hacking journey at 14 years old. Sayaan shares his story of how he became the second-youngest researcher onboarded to the SRT and how he climbed the ranks to become recognized on the Synack Acropolis.
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Show Notes
In this episode of WE’RE IN, Josh Mason sits down with Sayaan Alam, a Level 5 Synack Red Team (SRT) member who started his hacking journey at 14 years old. Sayaan shares his story of how he became the second-youngest researcher onboarded to the SRT and how he climbed the ranks to become recognized on the Synack Acropolis.
Timestamps:
00:54 Meet Sayaan: Starting Bug Bounties at 14
01:33 Joining the Synack Red Team (SRT)
03:18 SRT Onboarding Process
04:41 Climbing the Tiers: From Level 1 to Level 5
05:42 Why Synack is Different from Other Platforms
06:30 Improving Professional Pentesting Skills
06:58 Finding Patterns in Client Architectures
08:32 The AI Chatbot Vulnerability: SSRF Case Study
10:57 Remediation Advice for AI File Handling
11:58 Trends in AI Chatbot Security & Stored XSS
13:12 Thoughts on Sara: The Synack Autonomous Red Agent
14:29 How to Connect with Sayaan
15:07 Outro and Closing Remarks
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