Becoming a Level 5 Researcher in Just 3 months with Austin, Synack Red Team

In this episode of WE'RE IN, Josh Mason sits down with SRT member Austin, a rising star on the Synack Red Team. Austin shares his hacker origin story and pulls back the curtain on what it takes to break into elite researcher programs. He also deep-dives into his recent "heavy hitter" win: using a JSON Web Token inspection to completely demolish the authorization schema of a U.S. financial services platform, gaining full administrative control.   TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - A Day in the Life of an SRT Hacker 02:08 - Fast Track to Synack Red Team Level 5 03:12 - Hacker Origin Story 04:40 - Mentorship in Synack Red Team 05:46 - HackerOne vs. Synack: Why Synack is Better for Researchers 07:02 - How Patch Verifications Actually Work 09:16 - Compromising a Financial Platform via JWT 11:10 - Advice to Join the Synack Red Team: Get your OSCP 12:32 - Advice to Cyber Newbies: Always Keep Learning 14:14 - Hunting Authorization and Injection Issues for Synack Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.