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Apr 2024
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Episode 67: VDPs & Accidental Program VS...

Justin Gardner (Rhynorater) & Joseph Thacker (Rez0)
About this episode

Episode 67: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we deepdive on the topic of Vulnerability Disclosure Programs (VDPs) and whether they are beneficial or not. We also touch on the topic of leaderboard accuracy, and continue the Program VS Hacker debate regarding allocating funds for bounties.

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Resources:

Nagli's Braindump on VDPs

https://twitter.com/galnagli/status/1780174392003031515

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:05:37) VDP programs

(00:34:10) Leaderboards

(00:43:52) Hacker vs. Program debate Part 2

(01:07:24) Walling Off Endpoints

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