Episode 120: SpaceRaccoon - From Day Zero to Zero Day

Episode 120: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner welcomes Eugene to talk (aka fanboy) about his new book, 'From Day Zero to Zero Day.' We walk through what to expect in each chapter, including Binary Analysis, Source and Sink Discovery, and Fuzzing everything.Then we give listeners a special deal on the book.

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

Buy SpaceRaccoon's Book: From Day Zero to Zero Day

https://nostarch.com/zero-day

USE CODE 'ZERODAYDEAL' for 30% OFF

Pwning Millions of Smart Weighing Machines with API and Hardware Hacking

https://spaceraccoon.dev/pwning-millions-smart-weighing-machines-api-hardware-hacking/

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

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:04:58) From Day Zero to Zero Day

(00:12:06) Mapping Code to Attack Surface

(00:17:59) Day Zero and Taint Analysis

(00:22:43) Automated Variant Analysis & Binary Taxonomy

(00:31:35) Source and Sink Discovery

(00:40:22) Hybrid Binary Analysis & Quick and Dirty Fuzzing

(00:56:00) Coverage-Guided Fuzzing, Fuzzing Everything, & Beyond Day Zero

(01:02:16) Bug bounty, Vuln research, & Governmental work

(01:10:23) Source Code Review & Pwning Millions of Smart Weighing Machines