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Episode 174: Saving Bug Bounty Programs + AMPScript, tessl & GPT-5.5

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Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast
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May 14, 2026
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Summary

Episode 174: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we follow up from last episode with some advice for BB platforms, as well as cover a slew of writeups from Searchlight Cyber, watchTowr, and Starstrike. 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 ! Need a Pentest? We just launched CTBB Pentests! https://pentest.ctbb.show/ Hack full time? Check out the Full-Time Hunter’s Guild! https://ctbb.show/fthg ====== This Week in Bug Bounty ====== COST, AI frontier models and more: A measured take on the future of security testing https://www.yeswehack.com/security-best-practices/cost-mythos-future-security-testing Common AI misconceptions debugged! https://www.intigriti.com/blog/business-insights/common-misconceptions-debugged#trend-3-validity-ratios-remain-constant-ai-slop-isnt-rising-as-a-proportion BountySync + Social https://luma.com/bountysync_social ====== Resources ====== Ghosts of Encryption Past https://slcyber.io/research-center/ghosts-of-encryption-past-salesforce-exacttarget/ tessl Skill Optimizer https://tessl.io/registry/tessl/skill-optimizer/0.8.0 The Internet Is Falling Down, Fa…