Episode 112: Interview with Ciarán Cotter (MonkeHack) - Critical Lab Researcher and Full-time Hunter
Episode 112: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph Thacker is joined by Ciarán Cotter (Monke) to share his bug hunting journey and give us the rundown on some recent client-side and server-side bugs. Then they discuss WebSockets, SaaS security, and cover some AI news including Grok 3, Nuclei -AI Flag, and some articles by Johann Rehberger.Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here:
[email protected] to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter:https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== 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 Guest - Ciarán Cotterhttps://x.com/monkehack====== Resources ======Mstyhttps://msty.app/From Day Zero to Zero Dayhttps://nostarch.com/zero-dayNuclei - ai flaghttps://x.com/pdiscoveryio/status/1890082913900982763ChatGPT Operator: Prompt Injection Exploits & Defenseshttps://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/chatgpt-operator-prompt-injection-exploits/Hacking Gemini's Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocationhttps://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/gemini-memory-persistence-prompt-injection/====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:04) Bug Rundowns(00:13:05) Monke's Bug Bounty Background(00:20:03) Websocket Research(00:34:01) Connecting Hackers with Companies(00:34:56) Grok 3, Msty, From Day Zero to Zero Day(00:42:58) Full time Bug Bounty, SaaS security, and Threat Modeling while AFK(00:54:49) Nuclei - ai flag, ChatGPT Operator, and Hacking Gemini's Memory
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