Episode 48: MVH, DEFCON Black Badge, Googler - Sam Erb
Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast7 Joulu 2023

Episode 48: MVH, DEFCON Black Badge, Googler - Sam Erb

Episode 48: In this episode, joined by the spectacular Sam Erb, Google Security Engineer and DEFCON Black Badge winner. We talk about the importance of understanding how systems work to find vulnerabilities, and how his engineering background influences his hunting style and methodologies. Then we jump over to his Career Development and his work with Google, and then chat about some of the recent Google Vulnerability Programs.

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Sam Erbs Static Secret

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BIMI:

And

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Google Device Vulnerability Reward Program Initiatives

Google Invalid Reports

Hacking Google

Transcripts

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:02:50) Hacker Methodology with Sam Erb

(00:12:20) Balancing Bug Hunting and Personal Life

(00:15:53) Deep Diving on a program and using automation.

(00:27:00) Optimizing Bug Hunting and Understanding Attack Vectors

(00:39:22) Collaboration and Boundaries

(00:45:42) Career Development and Entrepreneurship

(00:55:13) Winning Black Badges at DEFCON

(00:58:02) BufferOver

(01:09:11) Working at Google

(01:19:23) Google Bug Bounty Programs

(01:31:41) BONUS Cool Bugs

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