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Episode 182: Partial Auth, Hackbot GraphQL, and AI's #1 Mission

July 9, 2026 · 39 min

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Episode 182: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we talk about some recent bugs involving WPM, MCP, and a possible emerging bug class using Wayback. We also talk about some GraphQL Hackbot finds, and what AI’s #1 mission should be.


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

LeHack 2026 Recap

https://event.yeswehack.com/events/lehack-2026


Don’t eat the ChocoPoCs! How vulnerability researchers were repeatedly targeted by trojanised exploits

https://www.yeswehack.com/fr/news/chocopocs-vulnerability-researchers-trojanised-exploits


Navigating the AI Wave: How We're Keeping Security Research Meaningful

https://www.hackerone.com/blog/ai-driven-report-volume-insights-and-actions


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

Caido Skills

https://github.com/caido/skills/pull/22


Hunting For AWS Cognito Security

Misconfigurations

https://www.yassineaboukir.com/talks/NahamConEU2022.pdf


X MCP

https://docs.x.com/tools/mcp


US South Summer Sessions: Hack the Heat

https://h1.community/events/details/hackerone-us-south-hackerone-club-presents-us-south-summer-sessions-hack-the-heat/


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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:08:31) WPM Bug & Wayback to Guest Bearer

(00:18:42) GraphQL Hackbot Finds, Fable Updates, & AI's #1 Mission

(00:29:45) MCP, US South H1 Event, & AI Sandbox Escapes

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