Episode 56: Using Data Science to win Bug Bounty - Mayonaise (aka Jon Colston)

Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast

Episode 56: Using Data Science to win Bug Bounty - Mayonaise (aka Jon Colston)

Episode 56: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin sits down with Jon Colston to discuss how his background in digital marketing and data science has influenced his hunting methodology. We dive into subjects like data sources, automation, working backwards from vulnerabilities, applying conversion funnels to bug bounty, and the mayonaise signature 'Mother of All Bugs'

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Today’s Guest:

https://hackerone.com/mayonaise?type=user

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:12:07) Evolving Hacking Methodologies & B2B Hacking

(00:23:57) Data Science + Bug Bounty

(00:34:37) 'Lead Generation for Vulns'

(00:41:39) Ingredients and Recipes

(00:49:45) Keyword Categorization

(00:54:30) Manual Processes and Recap

(01:07:08) Data Sources

(01:19:59) Digital Marketing + Bug Bounty

(01:32:22) M.O.A.B.s

(01:41:02) Burnout Protection and Dupe Analysis