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

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.

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

bbscope Update

https://x.com/sw33tLie/status/2029344643154919720

Matt Brown's Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VDCeZYZH7mCihtMVHqppw

Matt's Twitter:

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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) Hacking Mics with Permissions issues client-side bugs

(00:27:26) Can AI Hack things?