Episode 129: Is this how Bug Bounty Ends?
Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast3 Heinä 2025

Episode 129: Is this how Bug Bounty Ends?

Episode 129: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we chat about the future of hack bots and human-AI collaboration, the challenges posed by tokenization, and the need for cybersecurity professionals to adapt to the evolving landscape of hacking in the age of AI

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====== This Week in Bug Bounty ======

Improper error handling in async cryptographic operations crashes process

https://hackerone.com/reports/2817648

Recon Series #6: Excavating hidden artifacts with Wayback Machine

https://www.yeswehack.com/learn-bug-bounty/recon-wayback-machine-web-archive

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

This is How They Tell Me Bug Bounty Ends

https://josephthacker.com/hacking/2025/06/09/this-is-how-they-tell-me-bug-bounty-ends.html

Welcome, Hackbots: How AI Is Shaping the Future of Vulnerability Discovery

https://www.hackerone.com/blog/welcome-hackbots-how-ai-shaping-future-vulnerability-discovery

Glitch Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO2X3oZEJOA

Conducting smarter intelligences than me: new orchestras

https://southbridge-research.notion.site/conducting-smarter-intelligences-than-me

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:04:05) Is this how Bug Bounty Ends?

(00:11:14) Hackbots and handling leads

(00:20:50) Hacker chain of thought & Tokenization

(00:32:54) Context Engineering

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