Episode 112: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph Thacker is joined by Ciarán Cotter (Monke) to share his bug hunting journey and give us the rundown on some recent client-side and server-side bugs. Then they discuss WebSockets, SaaS security, and cover some AI news including Grok 3, Nuclei -AI Flag, and some articles by Johann Rehberger. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here:
[email protected] Shoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music! ====== Links ====== Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynorater https://x.com/rez0__ ====== 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 Guest - Ciarán Cotter https://x.com/monkehack ====== Resources ====== Msty https://msty.app/ From Day Zero to Zero Day https://nostarch.com/zero-day Nuclei - ai flag https://x.com/pdiscoveryio/status/1890082913900982763 ChatGPT Operator: Prompt Injection Exploits & Defenses https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/chatgpt-operator-prompt-injection-exploits/ Hacking Gemini's Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/gemini-memory-persistence-prompt-injection/ ====== Timestamps ====== (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:04) Bug Rundowns (00:13:05) Monke's Bug Bounty Background (00:20:03) Websocket Research (00:34:01) Connecting Hackers with Companies (00:34:56) Grok 3, Msty, From Day Zero to Zero Day (00:42:58) Full time Bug Bounty, SaaS security, and Threat Modeling while AFK (00:54:49) Nuclei - ai flag, ChatGPT Operator, and Hacking Gemini's Memory
