

Episode 48: MVH, DEFCON Black Badge, Googler - Sam Erb
Dec 7, 2023
Sam Erb, Google Security Engineer and DEFCON Black Badge winner, discusses the importance of understanding how systems work to find vulnerabilities, his engineering background influencing his hunting style and methodologies, his career development and work with Google, recent Google Vulnerability Programs, centralized management and control of API endpoints, exploring majors and career paths in security engineering and computer science, accessing open data and hosting, experience at Google and involvement in bug bounty program, hacking on Google and manipulating protobufs, discussion on Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) and abuse-related methodologies, and bug reports and prioritizing fixes.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Going Deep: A Hacker's Approach
02:23 • 16min
Centralized Management and Control of API Endpoints
18:32 • 28min
Exploring Majors and Career Paths in Security Engineering and Computer Science
46:28 • 14min
Accessing Open Data and Hosting
01:00:00 • 9min
Experience at Google and Involvement in Bug Bounty Program
01:09:08 • 2min
Hacking on Google and Manipulating Protobufs
01:10:54 • 10min
Discussion on Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) and Abuse-Related Methodologies
01:21:04 • 2min
Bug Reports and Prioritizing Fixes
01:23:15 • 14min