EP253 The Craft of Cloud Bug Hunting: Writing Winning Reports and Secrets from a VRP Champion
EP253 The Craft of Cloud Bug Hunting: Writing Winning Reports and Secrets from a VRP Champion  
Podcast: Cloud Security Podcast by Google
Published On: Mon Nov 24 2025
Description: Guests: Sivanesh Ashok, bug bounty hunter Sreeram KL, bug bounty hunter Topics: We hear from the Cloud VRP team that you write excellent bugbounty reports - is there any advice you'd give to other researchers when they write reports? You are one of Cloud VRP's top researchers and won the MVH (most valuable hacker) award at their event in June - what do you think makes you so successful at finding issues?  What is a Bugswat? What do you find most enjoyable and least enjoyable about the VRP? What is the single best piece of advice you'd give an aspiring cloud bug hunter today?  Resources: EP220 Big Rewards for Cloud Security: Exploring the Google VRP Cloud Vulnerability Reward Program Rules Insights from BugSWAT Google Cloud's Vulnerability Reward Program Critical Thinking Podcast