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Episode 165: Protobuf Hacking, AI-Powered Bug Hunting, and Self-Improving Claude Workflows

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Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast
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Mar 12, 2026
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Summary

Episode 165: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin recaps his Zero Trust World experience, before we dive into Permissions issues client-side bugs, New Hardware Hacking Classes, and using AI to hack. 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, rez0 and gr3pme on X:  https://x.com/Rhynorater https://x.com/rez0__ https://x.com/gr3pme Critical Research Lab: https://lab.ctbb.show/   ====== 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 Sponsor: Check out ThreatLocker Ringfencing https://www.criticalthinkingpodcast.io/tl-rf ====== Resources ====== bbscope Update https://x.com/sw33tLie/status/2029344643154919720 Matt Brown's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VDCeZYZH7mCihtMVHqppw Matt's Twitter: https://x.com/nmatt0 MCP server for HackerOne to search reports https://x.com/OriginalSicksec/status/2029503063095124461?s=20 Caido Skills https://github.com/caido/skills The Agentic Hacking Era: Ramblings and a Tool https://josephthacker.com/hacking/2026/03/06/the-agentic-hacking-era.html Announcing AI-driven Caido https://caido.io/blog/2026-03-06-caido-skill ====== Timestamps ====== (00:00:00) Introduction (00:06:23) bbscope report dumping & Matt Brown Training (00:13:10) MCP server for HackerOne to search reports & protobuff success (00:24:24)…