Jan. 12, 2026

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Synack Red Team member Bloodtyper reveals his journey from the DMZ to discovering critical AI prompt injection vulnerabilities. Learn how he creates bug bounty reports that get accepted, as well as other golden nuggets of advice to learn and grow your penetration testing skills.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Introduction

01:03 Military Origins & The DMZ

01:58 Hacker Origin Story

04:06 Transitioning from Infantry to Tech

07:22 Joining the Synack Red Team (SRT)

08:04 Learning with Hack The Box

09:52 Bug Bounty Reporting Strategy

12:14 Synack Vuln Ops

16:03 Advice for New Pentesters

18:44 AI Prompt Injection Deep Dive

21:35 Retesting & Patch Verification

23:25 How to Improve Patching

26:02 Advice to Learn Cyber Security

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