Episode 145: Gr3pme's Secret: Bug Bounty Note Taking Methodology
Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast23 Loka 2025

Episode 145: Gr3pme's Secret: Bug Bounty Note Taking Methodology

Episode 145: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Brandyn lets us in on some of his notetaking tips, including his Templates, Threat Modeling, and ways he uses notes to help with collaboration.

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

The minefield between syntaxes

https://www.yeswehack.com/learn-bug-bounty/syntax-confusion-ambiguous-parsing-exploits

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

Brandyn's Notion Template

https://terrific-dart-70e.notion.site/Example-Target-CTBB-294f4ca0f42481cca0b0ca6ac0a7c81d

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:07:25) Templates, Target, and Tech Stack

(00:13:33) Threat Modeling and Attack Vectors

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