How Vitor committed to a week-long exploit

Episode 144: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph is joined by Vitor Falcão and Ciarán Cotter to discuss their success at the recent Mexico LHE, as well as their journey and routines in fulltime hacking.

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Today’s Guests:

Vitor Falcão

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Ciarán Cotter

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

Securing the Age of AI Autonomy: Priorities for 2026

https://www.hackerone.com/events/bionic-hacking

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

AI Vulnerability Reward Program Rules

https://bughunters.google.com/about/rules/google-friends/5222232590712832/ai-vulnerability-reward-program-rules

My First 3 Months as a Full-Time Bug Bounty Hunter

https://vitorfalcao.com/posts/3-months-as-a-full-time-bug-bounty-hunter/

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:02:32) Client side Bug Story & Vitor's BB journey

(00:13:59) Google LHE Mexico takeaways

(00:26:55) Full-time hunting reflections

(00:33:39) Hacking routines

(00:42:56) Hacking AI