Episode 139: James Kettle - Pwning in Prod & How to do Web Security Research
Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast11 Syys 2025

Episode 139: James Kettle - Pwning in Prod & How to do Web Security Research

Episode 139: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin finally sits down with the great James Kettle to talk about HTTP Proxys, metagaming research, avoiding burnout, and why HTTP/1.1 must die!

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

Building an Android Bug Bounty lab

Mobile Hacking Toolkit

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

CVE-2022-22720

So you want to be a web security researcher?

Hunting Evasive Vulnerabilities: Finding Flaws That Others Miss by James Kettle

HTTP/1.1 Must Die! The Desync Endgame

Practical HTTP Host header attacks

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:05:01) Apache MITM-powered pause-based client-side desync

(00:15:33) HTTP Proxys and Burp Suite HTTP/2 in Repeater

(00:24:52) AI intagrations, life structure, and avoiding burnout

(00:35:23) Client-side to server-side progression

(00:47:39) The 'metagame' of security research

(01:29:43) Host Header Attacks & HTTP/1.1 Must Die!

(02:02:34) Is HTTP/2 the solution?

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