The Art of Finding and Publishing Security Bugs with David Leadbeater

In this episode of the G Research Open Source Software Outreach Podcast, host Jay Faulkner sits down with security researcher and engineer David Leadbeater. They dive into David’s journey from hacking on Linux as a kid to discovering vulnerabilities in modern terminals. The conversation explores how obscure bugs can linger in new code, the messy reality of threat modeling, the challenges of maintaining secure open source software, and war stories from email security days. Check out DGL's personal blog at [dgl.cx](dgl.cx). Come work for G-Research in Dallas, TX or London, UK -- see open positions at https://www.gresearch.com/vacancies For a video version of this podcast, check out https://youtu.be/-nJHBWtcTugSpecial Guest: David Leadbeater.